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The American Prisoner
(1929) England
B&W : 75 minutes
Directed by Thomas Bentley

Cast: Carl Brisson [Lieutenant Stark], Madeleine Carroll [Grace Malherb], Cecil Barry [Peter Norcutt], Carl Harbord [Lieutenant Burnham], A. Bromley Davenport [Squire Malherb], Nancy Price [Lovey Lee], Reginald Fox [Captain Mainwaring], Charles Ashton [Carberry], Harry Terry [Bosun Knapps], John Valentine, Robert English [Colonel Governor], Edmond Dignon

British International Pictures, Limited, production; distributed by Wardour Films, Limited. / Scenario by Eliot Stannard and Garnett Weston, from a play by Eden Philpotts. Slate clapper, Jack Cardiff. Cinematography by René Guissart. / Released September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / British Board of Film Censors certificate: U. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 6 January 2010.

References: Gifford-British n. 08725 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Anne Ramsden.

 
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