The American Prisoner (film)

The American Prisoner is an all-talking sound 1929 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll and Cecil Barry.^[1] 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 All-Talkie in line with widespread practice at British International Pictures during 1928–1929.^[2]

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.

• 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
• Lucius Blake^[3]

• List of films about the American Revolution
• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

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

• The American Prisoner at IMDb

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