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The Little American

The silent sufferers

63%(21)IMDbDramaWarRomance

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.

Directed byCecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 3m
Language
EN
Released
July 12, 1917
Studios
Mary Pickford Company

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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)

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

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