
Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow captives make a desperate escape attempt, in which Stark is shot. He is found by Grace Malherb, and the two fall in love while he convalesces on her family estate. But Grace's father is heavily indebted to the boorish Peter Norcot, whose price for forgiving the loan is Grace's hand in marriage....

as Lieutenant Cecil Stark

as Grace Malherb

as Peter Norcot

as Squire Malherb

as Lovey Lee

as Captain Mainwaring

as Lieutenant Burnham

as Seaman Sam Cuffee

as Commander Miller

as Sailor Leverett

as Gunlayer Carberry

as Boatswain Knapps

as Colonel Governor