The American Prisoner
(1929)

Released: 1929-09-28

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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....

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Carl Brisson

as Lieutenant Cecil Stark

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Madeleine Carroll

as Grace Malherb

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Cecil Barry

as Peter Norcot

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A. Bromley Davenport

as Squire Malherb

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Nancy Price

as Lovey Lee

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Reginald Fox

as Captain Mainwaring

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Carl Harbord

as Lieutenant Burnham

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Lucius Blake

as Seaman Sam Cuffee

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John Valentine

as Commander Miller

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Edward Dignon

as Sailor Leverett

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Charles Ashton

as Gunlayer Carberry

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Harry Terry

as Boatswain Knapps

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Robert English

as Colonel Governor

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René Guissart

Director of Photography

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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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Garnett Weston

Scenario Writer

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