The American Prisoner (1929) - Drama Movies 74 minutes. . 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.... sword fight, harp, napoleonic wars, escaped prisoner, georgian or regency era, dartmoor
The American Prisoner (1929)
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The American Prisoner (1929)
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Released: Sep 28, 1929
Runtime: 74 minutes
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Stars: Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll, Cecil Barry, A. Bromley Davenport, Nancy Price, Reginald Fox
Crew: Thomas Bentley (Director), T.H.R. Gibbings (Art Direction), René Guissart (Director of Photography), Sam Simmonds (Editor), Eden Phillpotts (Novel), Eliot Stannard (Screenplay)
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....
