---
title: 'The American Prisoner (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas Bentley'
released: '1929-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-american-prisoner-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019638/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The American Prisoner (1929)

1929 · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Thomas Bentley](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-bentley)
- **Screenplay:** [Eden Phillpotts](https://cinepixo.com/people/eden-phillpotts)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Reynders](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-reynders)
- **Director of Photography:** [René Guissart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-guissart)

## Cast

- [Madeleine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-carroll)
- [Lucius Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucius-blake)
- [Carl Brisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-brisson)
- [Carl Harbord](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-harbord)

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