The Little American

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The Little American

"The silent sufferers"

1917

1h 3m

6.3(21 votes)

Drama

War

Romance

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mary Pickford

Angela Moore

Jack Holt

Karl von Austreim

Raymond Hatton

Count Jules de Destin

Hobart Bosworth

German Colonel

Walter Long

German Captain

Wallace Beery

German Soldier (uncredited)

Norman Kerry

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Colleen Moore

Maid (uncredited)

Ramon Novarro

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Sam Wood

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Joseph Levering
Written by: Clarence J. Harris
Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille
Mary Pickford

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