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The Little American

1917·US
Director: Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering
DramaRomanceWar
Spotlight: Mary Pickford

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.

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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Cast

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

Crew

Alvin Wyckoff

cinematographer

Jeanie Macpherson

writer

Clarence J. Harris

writer

Cecil B. DeMille

writer

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