Operator 13 (1934)

Director:

Richard Boleslawski

Writers:

Robert W. Chambers (stories)
Harvey F. Thew (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 June 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

Gail Loveless, a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Civil War | Slavery | Battle Of Bull Run | Deception

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Marion Davies	...	Gail Loveless
Gary Cooper	...	Captain Jack Gailliard C.S.A.
Jean Parker	...	Eleanor Shackleford
Katharine Alexander	...	Pauline Cushman
Ted Healy	...	'Doctor' Hitchcock
Russell Hardie	...	Lieutenant Gus Littledale
Henry Wadsworth	...	Capt. John Pelham
Douglass Dumbrille	...	General Stuart (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Willard Robertson	...	Captain Cornelius Channing C.S.A.
Fuzzy Knight	...	Pvt. Sweeney (Stuart's groom)
Sidney Toler	...	Major Allen aka Allen Pinkerton
Robert McWade	...	Colonel Sharpe
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Shackleford
Wade Boteler	...	Officer Gaston C.S.A.
Walter Long	...	Operator 55

Also Known As:

Spy 13

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed

Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions

Trivia:

Curly Howard of the Three Stooges was originally to have appeared in this film.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I Wish I Was In Dixie's Land

American civil war spy drama

I came across this movie by accident and found a strong drama about people involved in espionage on different sides of a civil war

dated of course, with assumption no thinking person would accept today, over dramatic? but very much in the style and mood of its age

one well worth watching if you are able to watch movies outside of modern style and ethics