The American Prisoner

The American Prisoner — Plot

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....

• Release date
• September 28, 1929
• Runtime
• 74 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Thomas Bentley

The American Prisoner — Cast

Carl Brisson Lieutenant Cecil Stark Madeleine Carroll Grace Malherb

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Cecil Barry Peter Norcot A. Bromley Davenport Squire Malherb Nancy Price Lovey Lee

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Reginald Fox Captain Mainwaring Carl Harbord Lieutenant Burnham

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Lucius Blake Seaman Sam Cuffee