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The American Prisoner (film)

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'The American Prisoner' is a 1929 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll and Cecil Barry.[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bbeeac1 The American Prisoner] British Film Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2018. It was adapted from the 1904 novel 'The American Prisoner' by Eden Phillpotts. It was originally conceived as a silent film, but was converted into a Talkie in line with widespread practice at British International Pictures during 19281929.Low p.117

Premise



An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the American War of Independence manages to escape and fall in love with a local Squire's daughter.

Cast



*Carl Brisson as Lt. Stark

*Madeleine Carroll as Grace Malherb

*Cecil Barry as Peter Norcutt

*Carl Harbord as Lt. Burnham

*A. Bromley Davenport as Squire Malherb

*Nancy Price as Lovey Lee

*Reginald Fox as Captain Mainwaring

*Charles Ashton as Carberry

*Harry Terry as Bosun Knapps

*John Valentine as Commander Miller

*Robert English as Col. Governor

*Edward Dignon as Leverett

References



Bibliography



*Low, Rachael. 'The History of the British Film 1929-1939: Film Making in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.


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