
The American Prisoner
Drama
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....
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Carl Brisson
Carl Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark
Carl Brisson
Lieutenant Cecil Stark


Madeleine Carroll
Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb
Madeleine Carroll
Grace Malherb
Cecil Barry
Cecil Barry
Peter Norcot
Cecil Barry
Peter Norcot


A. Bromley Davenport
A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb
A. Bromley Davenport
Squire Malherb


Nancy Price
Nancy Price
Lovey Lee
Nancy Price
Lovey Lee
Reginald Fox
Reginald Fox
Captain Mainwaring
Reginald Fox
Captain Mainwaring


Carl Harbord
Carl Harbord
Lieutenant Burnham
Carl Harbord
Lieutenant Burnham
Lucius Blake
Lucius Blake
Seaman Sam Cuffee
Lucius Blake
Seaman Sam Cuffee
John Valentine
John Valentine
Commander Miller
John Valentine
Commander Miller
Edward Dignon
Edward Dignon
Sailor Leverett
Edward Dignon
Sailor Leverett
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