The American Prisoner (film)

1929 British film by Thomas Bentley

The American Prisoner

Directed by| Thomas Bentley
Written by| Eden Phillpotts (novel)
Eliot Stannard
Garnett Weston
Starring| Carl Brisson
Madeleine Carroll
Cecil Barry
Carl Harbord
Cinematography| René Guissart
Edited by| Sam Simmonds
Music by| John Reynders
Jules Sylvain

Production
company

British International Pictures

Distributed by| Wardour Films

Release date

* 18 September 1929 (1929-09-18)

Running time

| 76 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Languages| Sound (All-Talking)
English

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]

## Plot

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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

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* 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]

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ The American Prisoner British Film Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
2. ^ Low p.117
3. ^ Khomami, Nadia (2 October 2023). "Overlooked black actor may have been most prolific in early British cinema". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

## Bibliography

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

## External links

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* The American Prisoner at IMDb

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Films directed by Thomas Bentley

* Oliver Twist (1912)
* David Copperfield (1913)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
* The Chimes (1914)
* Hard Times (1915)
* Barnaby Rudge (1915)
* Milestones (1916)
* Beau Brocade (1916)
* The Labour Leader (1917)
* Daddy (1917)
* Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
* The Divine Gift (1918)
* Once Upon a Time (1918)
* The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
* General Post (1920)
* Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
* The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
* A Master of Craft (1922)
* Through Fire and Water (1923)
* Wanted, a Boy (1924)
* Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
* Love and Hate (1924)
* Chappy—That's All (1924)
* Money Isn't Everything (1925)
* A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
* White Heat (1926)
* The Silver Lining (1927)
* Not Quite a Lady (1928)
* Young Woodley (1928)
* The American Prisoner (1929)
* Harmony Heaven (1930)
* Young Woodley (1930)
* Compromising Daphne (1931)
* Hobson's Choice (1931)
* Keepers of Youth (1932)
* After Office Hours (1932)
* Sleepless Nights (1933)
* Hawley's of High Street (1933)
* The Love Nest (1933)
* The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
* Those Were the Days (1934)
* The Great Defender (1934)
* The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
* Royal Cavalcade (1935)
* Music Hath Charms (1935)
* She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
* The Angelus (1937)
* Silver Blaze (1937)
* The Last Chance (1937)
* Night Alone (1938)
* Marigold (1938)
* Me and My Pal (1939)
* Lucky to Me (1939)
* Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
* The Middle Watch (1940)
* Three Silent Men (1940)
* Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

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