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The Man Without a Country is a 1973 American made-for-television drama film based on the short story "The Man Without a Country" by Edward Everett Hale.
Apr 24, 1973 · The Man Without a Country: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Cliff Robertson, Beau Bridges, Peter Strauss, Robert Ryan. During the 1800s, American Army officer Phillip Nolan renounces his country.
This classic about the man who renounced his country and lived to regret it received a sparkling production here with a tour-de-force performance by Cliff Robertson, aging sixty years as Philip Nolan.
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Plot summary. The protagonist is a young US Army lieutenant, Philip Nolan, who develops a friendship with the visiting Aaron Burr. When Burr is tried for treason (that historically occurred in 1807), Nolan is tried as an accomplice.
The Man Without a Country. From the story by Edward Everett Hale. A man damns his country publicly and is sentenced to live at sea.
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sails all over the world, but he will never be allowed to set foot on his country's soil. nor come within site of it, nor be allowed to know anything about the country.
