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27/11/1937 Drama 0h 21m
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Overview

This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.

  1. Crane Wilbur

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Litel

    Lt. Philip Nolan

  2. Gloria Holden

    Marian Morgan

  3. Ted Osborne

    Jack Morgan

  4. Donald Brian

    Colonel Morgan

  5. Holmes Herbert

    Aaron Burr

  6. Erville Alderson

    President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)

  7. John Harron

    Minor Role (uncredited)

  8. Wilfred Lucas

    Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)

  9. Charles Middleton

    President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-30
Despite the fact that this starts with “God Save the King” playing under the titles, it’s not actually the Brits whom “Lt. Nolan” (John Litel) is planning on defecting to when he is arrested by the US Army. He’s quite a strong-willed and belligerent gent, though, so rather than just play it cool and keep his head down, he loses the plot at his court martial and ends up being sentenced to something uniquely cruel. He is to spend the rest of his life at sea but he is prohibited from ever visiting his country again and from hearing anything about it from any of the US Navy shipmates. ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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