The American Prisoner (1929)

• Drama

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....

Rating

10 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

September 28, 1929

Runtime

1h 14m

Language

English

Director

Thomas Bentley

Status

Released