The American Prisoner (1929)
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 Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark
Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb
A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb
Nancy Price
Lovey Lee
Carl Harbord
Lieutenant Burnham
Harry Terry
Boatswain KnappsRecommendations
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