The Little American
6.3
“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.
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Cast
26 people
Mary Pickford
Angela Moore
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Jack Holt
Karl von Austreim
Known for
Cat People
They Were Expendable
Raymond Hatton
Count Jules de Destin
Known for
Day the World Ended
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hobart Bosworth
German Colonel
Known for
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Big Parade
Walter Long
German Captain
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Pardon Us
Wallace Beery
German Soldier (uncredited)
Known for
Grand Hotel
Treasure Island
Norman Kerry
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Unknown
Colleen Moore
Maid (uncredited)
Also in
Ella Cinders
The Scarlet Letter
Ramon Novarro
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Known for
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Mata Hari
Sam Wood
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Also in
Who Knows?
James Neill
Senator John Moore
Known for
The Cheat
The Ten Commandments
Ben Alexander
Bobby Moore
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Man in the Shadow
Cecil B. DeMille Director · Joseph Levering Director Jeanie Macpherson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $446K · Budget $167K · United States release July 12, 1917
Box office
Budget
$166,949
Worldwide gross
$446,236
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Mary Pickford Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · July 12, 1917
Theatrical
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