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The American Prisoner

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Calorie Rating: 107
Released: 1929-09-28
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Studios: British International Pictures,


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....

Director / Directors

J. D. Davidson
Assistant Director


Cast

Carl Brisson
Character: Lieutenant Cecil Stark
Madeleine Carroll
Character: Grace Malherb
Cecil Barry
Character: Peter Norcot

A. Bromley Davenport
Character: Squire Malherb
Nancy Price
Character: Lovey Lee
Reginald Fox
Character: Captain Mainwaring

Carl Harbord
Character: Lieutenant Burnham
Lucius Blake
Character: Seaman Sam Cuffee
John Valentine
Character: Commander Miller

Edward Dignon
Character: Sailor Leverett
Charles Ashton
Character: Gunlayer Carberry
Harry Terry
Character: Boatswain Knapps

Robert English
Character: Colonel Governor


Production and Crew

René Guissart
Director of Photography
T.H.R. Gibbings
Art Direction

Eliot Stannard
Screenplay
Cecil Thornton
Sound Recordist

John Reynders
Original Music Composer
Jules Sylvain
Original Music Composer
John Reynders
Music Arranger

Garnett Weston
Scenario Writer