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The American Prisoner

  • 1929
  • TMDB 10.0/10
  • 1h 14m

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....

Overview

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....

Cast

  • Carl BrissonLieutenant Cecil Stark
  • Madeleine CarrollGrace Malherb
  • Cecil BarryPeter Norcot
  • A. Bromley DavenportSquire Malherb
  • Nancy PriceLovey Lee
  • Reginald FoxCaptain Mainwaring
  • Carl HarbordLieutenant Burnham
  • Lucius BlakeSeaman Sam Cuffee

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