The Royal American is a 1927 American silent action adventure film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Nita Martan and Billy Franey. Produced by Brown's own production company, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures.

Synopsis

A young coast guard becomes involved with an altercation with the crew of a ship and finds himself shanghaied aboard. The ship turns out to be gunrunning armaments to South American revolutionaries.

The Royal American

Cast

Reed Howes as Jack Beaton

Nita Martan as Gail Morton

Billy Franey as Mike

David Kirby as Pat

J.P. McGowan as Capt. Burke

Hal Salter as First Mate Dorgan

Rosa Gore as Mother Meg

References

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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External links

1920s American films

1927 films

1920s action adventure films

1920s English-language films

American silent feature films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Harry Joe Brown

Rayart Pictures films

Films about the United States Coast Guard

Silent American action adventure films

English-language action adventure films

The Royal American