The Royal American

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The Royal American
Directed by Harry Joe Brown
Written by George W. Pyper
Produced byHarry Joe Brown
Starring Reed Howes
Nita Martan
Billy Franey
Cinematography Ross Fisher
Production
company
Harry J. Brown Productions
Distributed by Rayart Pictures
Release date
July 1927
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

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. [1] Produced by Brown's own production company, it was distributed by the independent Rayart Pictures, the forerunner of Monogram Pictures.

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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.

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  1. Connelly p.404

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