The Man Without a Country

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A short dramatic film with the title The Man Without a Country. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film follows US Army Lt. Philip Nolan (John Litel), who conspires to found a new country west of the Mississippi river and is subsequently discharged from the army and is exiled from the United States.

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