

Drama · Romance · War
Overview
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
Top Cast


Marion Davies
Marion Davies
Gail Loveless
Marion Davies
Gail Loveless


Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Captain Jack Gailliard
Gary Cooper
Captain Jack Gailliard


Jean Parker
Jean Parker
Eleanor
Jean Parker
Eleanor


Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander
Pauline
Katharine Alexander
Pauline


Ted Healy
Ted Healy
Doctor Hitchcock
Ted Healy
Doctor Hitchcock


Russell Hardie
Russell Hardie
Littledale
Russell Hardie
Littledale


Henry Wadsworth
Henry Wadsworth
John Pelham
Henry Wadsworth
John Pelham


Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
General Stuart
Douglass Dumbrille
General Stuart


Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson
Captain Channing
Willard Robertson
Captain Channing


Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight
Sweeney
Fuzzy Knight
Sweeney
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