The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....
Ratings
IMDb8/10
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Key crew
- Thomas BentleyDirector
- Eliot StannardScreenplay
- John ReyndersOriginal Music Composer
- Jules SylvainOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Carl BrissonLieutenant Cecil Stark
- Madeleine CarrollGrace Malherb
- Cecil BarryPeter Norcot
- A. Bromley DavenportSquire Malherb
- Nancy PriceLovey Lee
- Reginald FoxCaptain Mainwaring
- Carl HarbordLieutenant Burnham
- Lucius BlakeSeaman Sam Cuffee
- John ValentineCommander Miller
- Edward DignonSailor Leverett
- Charles AshtonGunlayer Carberry
- Harry TerryBoatswain Knapps
Themes
sword fightharpnapoleonic warsescaped prisonergeorgian or regency eradartmoor