The American Prisoner
28/09/1929
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....
Movie Information
Carl Brisson
as Lieutenant Cecil Stark
Madeleine Carroll
as Grace Malherb
Cecil Barry
as Peter Norcot
A. Bromley Davenport
as Squire Malherb
Nancy Price
as Lovey Lee
Reginald Fox
as Captain Mainwaring
Carl Harbord
as Lieutenant Burnham
Lucius Blake
as Seaman Sam Cuffee
John Valentine
as Commander Miller
Edward Dignon
as Sailor Leverett
Charles Ashton
as Gunlayer Carberry
Harry Terry
as Boatswain Knapps
Robert English
as Colonel Governor
