The American Prisoner
1929 | 74m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Thomas Bentley |
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| Writer: | Eden Phillpotts, Eliot Stannard |
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| 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: | Sep 28, 1929 |
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| Director: | Thomas Bentley |
| Writer: | Eden Phillpotts, Eliot Stannard |
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| Keywords | harp, sword fight, napoleonic wars, escaped prisoner, georgian or regency era, dartmoor |
| Production Companies | British International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Charles Ashton | Gunlayer Carberry |
| Harry Terry | Boatswain Knapps |
| Robert English | Colonel Governor |
| Name | Job |
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| Sam Simmonds | Editor |
| T.H.R. Gibbings | Art Direction |
| Thomas Bentley | Director |
| René Guissart | Director of Photography |
| Eden Phillpotts | Novel |
| Eliot Stannard | Screenplay |
| J. D. Davidson | Assistant Director |
| Cecil Thornton | Sound Recordist |
| John Reynders | Music Arranger, Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Jules Sylvain | Original Music Composer |
| Garnett Weston | Scenario Writer |
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