The American Prisoner Trailer

The American Prisoner Trailer (1929)

28 September 1929 Drama 74 mins

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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Cast

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

Sam 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

Crew

René Guissart

René Guissart Director of Photography

T.H. Gibbings

T.H. Gibbings Art Direction

J. D. Davidson

J. D. Davidson Assistant Director

Cecil Thornton

Cecil Thornton Sound Recordist

John Reynders

Original Music Composer

Jules Sylvain

Original Music Composer

John Reynders

John Reynders Music Arranger

John Reynders

John Reynders Conductor

Garnett Weston

Garnett Weston Scenario Writer

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 21 April 1930

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