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The Prisoner of War
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Jack Hamilton (Shorty Hamilton), [?] Virginia Harris?

W.H. Clifford Photoplay Company of California production; distributed on State Rights basis by Ernest Shipman [?] through States Rights Independent Exchanges? [Shorty Hamilton Series]. / Released September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Website-AFI notes that this film may be the same as When Arizona Won (1919).

Drama: World War I.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 23 March 2012.

References: Spehr-American p. 254 : Website-AFI.