The American Prisoner

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....

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 28, 1929

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

British International Pictures

Cast

Madeleine Carroll,Robert English,A. Bromley Davenport,Lucius Blake,Edward Dignon,Charles Ashton,Nancy Price,Harry Terry,John Valentine,Carl Harbordand 3 more

Director

Thomas Bentley

Writer

Eden Phillpotts,Garnett Weston,Eliot Stannard

Cinematography

René Guissart

Music

Jules Sylvain,John Reynders

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0019638