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 an All-Talkie in line with widespread practice at British International Pictures during 1928–1929.^[2]

The American Prisoner
Directed by	Thomas Bentley
Written by	Eliot Stannard Garnett Weston
Based on	The American Prisoner by Eden Phillpotts
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
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

Plot

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
• Lucius Blake^[3]

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "I Wonder If You Will Remember" with lyrics by Harry Carlton and music by Jules Sylvain. The song was sung by Carl Brisson in the film. The song was recorded by the tenor Eddie King and released on the Parlophone label (Catalog Number R 503).

See also

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