The Little American (1917)
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.
Top billed cast
Mary PickfordAngela Moore
Jack HoltKarl von Austreim
Raymond HattonCount Jules de Destin
Hobart BosworthGerman Colonel
Walter LongGerman Captain
Wallace BeeryGerman Soldier (uncredited)
Norman KerryWounded Soldier (uncredited)
Colleen MooreMaid (uncredited)
Ramon NovarroWounded Soldier (uncredited)
Sam WoodWounded Soldier (uncredited)
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