
The American Prisoner (1929)
NR
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Sep 28, 1929 (GB)
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Drama
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01:14
Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....
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Screenplay
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Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Conductor
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Cast

Carl Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark

Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb

Cecil Barry
Peter Norcot

A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb

Nancy Price
Lovey Lee

Reginald Fox
Captain Mainwaring

Carl Harbord
Lieutenant Burnham

Lucius Blake
Seaman Sam Cuffee

John Valentine
Commander Miller

Edward Dignon
Sailor Leverett