The Man Without a Country

5.7(10)193721m

Drama

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.

Director

Crane Wilbur

Cast

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)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

8mo ago

6.0

Despite the fact that this starts with “God Save the King” playing under the titles, it’s not actually the Brits whom “Lt. Nolan” (John Litel) is planning on defecting to when he is arrested by the US Army. He’s quite a strong-willed and belligerent gent, though, so rather than just play it cool and keep his head down, he loses the plot at his court martial and ends up being sentenced to something...