The Man Without a Country
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.
- 5.7
- 1937
- Released
- 0h 21m
John Litel
Lt. Philip Nolan
Gloria Holden
Marian Morgan
Ted Osborne
Jack Morgan
Donald Brian
Colonel Morgan
Holmes Herbert
Aaron Burr
Erville Alderson
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
John Harron
Minor Role (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Lincoln's Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Middleton
President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Minor Role (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Captain Mitchell (uncredited)Released
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- #patriotism
- #exile
- #treason
- #banishment
- #court martial
- #living in exile
Reviews
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