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.
Acting
John Litel's haunted eyes do ALL the heavy lifting.
Direction
Crane Wilbur stretches 21 minutes into an eternity of dread.
Director
Crane Wilbur
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Edward Everett Hale's 1863 story written to shame Confederate deserters during the Civil War.
Gloria Holden played Marian Morgan here fresh off her iconic turn as Dracula's Daughter—quite the pivot from vampire lesbian subtext to weeping patriotic widow.
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