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.

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