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The American Prisoner

0% | Sep 28, 1929
Drama

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....

Top Billed Cast

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Carl Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark
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Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb
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Cecil Barry
Peter Norcot
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A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb
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Nancy Price
Lovey Lee

Featured Crew

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René Guissart
Director of Photography
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T.H.R. Gibbings
Art Direction
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Thomas Bentley
Director
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Sam Simmonds
Editor
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Eden Phillpotts
Novel
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Eliot Stannard
Screenplay
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J. D. Davidson
Assistant Director
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Cecil Thornton
Sound Recordist
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John Reynders
Original Music Composer
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Jules Sylvain
Original Music Composer
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John Reynders
Music Arranger
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John Reynders
Conductor

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