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The Little American

The Little American

★ 6.3/10•1917•1h 3m•Drama•War•Romance

The silent sufferers

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

Cecil B. DeMille · Director

Joseph Levering · Director

Clarence J. Harris · Writer

Cecil B. DeMille · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 3m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 12, 1917

Actors

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Angela Moore

Jack Holt

Jack Holt

Karl von Austreim

Raymond Hatton

Raymond Hatton

Count Jules de Destin

Hobart Bosworth

Hobart Bosworth

German Colonel

Walter Long

Walter Long

German Captain

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

German Soldier (uncredited)

Norman Kerry

Norman Kerry

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore

Maid (uncredited)

Ramon Novarro

Ramon Novarro

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Sam Wood

Sam Wood

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

James Neill

James Neill

Senator John Moore

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Bobby Moore

Guy Oliver

Guy Oliver

Frederick von Austreim

Edythe Chapman

Edythe Chapman

Mrs. von Austreim

Lillian Leighton

Lillian Leighton

Angela's Great Aunt

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

English Barrister

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