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Operator 13 ()

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Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
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Gail Loveless
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Capt. Jack Gailliard
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Eleanor Shackleford
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Pauline
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Dr. Hitchcock
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Lt. Gus Littledale
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John Pelham
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Gen. Stuart (as Douglas Dumbrille)
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Capt. Channing
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Pvt. Sweeney
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Maj. Allen Pinkerton
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Col. Sharpe
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Mrs. Shackleford
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Gaston
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Operator 55
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Medicine Show Singers (as The Four Mills Brothers)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marta DeVeaux ...
Bit Part
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Orderly (uncredited)
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Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander ...
Confederate Sentry (uncredited)
Irene Allen ...
Extra at Army Headquarters (uncredited)
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Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
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Col. Storm (uncredited)
Margaret Bert ...
Washington Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Burt ...
Confederate Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Bit Part (uncredited)
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Confederate Party Guest (uncredited)
Belle Daube ...
Mrs. Dandridge (uncredited)
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Confederate Officer (uncredited)
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Gen. Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
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Union Officer (uncredited)
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Union Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur Grant ...
Chaplain (uncredited)
Billy Griffith ...
Mac (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Army Officer (uncredited)
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Girl at Ball (uncredited)
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Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Henry Hastings ...
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Young Lieutenant Kissing Blonde (uncredited)
Hattie Hill ...
Slave (uncredited)
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Officer Price (uncredited)
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Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited)
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Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Wallie Howe ...
Clergyman (uncredited)
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White Trash (uncredited)
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Artilleryman (uncredited)
Anna Lee Johnson ...
Extra at Army Headquarters (uncredited)
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Confederate Officer Jealous of Artilleryman (uncredited)
John Kirkley ...
Slave (uncredited)
Lia Lance ...
Witch Woman / Operator 18 (uncredited)
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Slave Fishing for Codfish (uncredited)
Frank Leighton ...
Union Major (uncredited)
Harry Levette ...
Extra at Army Headquarters (uncredited)
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Union Private (uncredited)
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Judge (uncredited)
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Confederate Party Guest (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ...
Staff Colonel (uncredited)
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Confederate Officer (uncredited)
Ray Martin ...
Extra at Army Headquarters (uncredited)
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Annie (uncredited)
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Rufus (uncredited)
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Officer Denton (uncredited)
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Scout (uncredited)
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Singer (uncredited)
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Singer (uncredited)
Herbert Mills ...
Singer (uncredited)
John Mills ...
Singer (uncredited)
Ruth Moody ...
Girl at Ball (uncredited)
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Secret Service Man (uncredited)
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Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited)
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Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited)
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Scout (uncredited)
Franklin Parker ...
John Hay (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Confederate Soldier Getting Lucille As Witness (uncredited)
Ernestine Porter ...
Maid at Wedding (uncredited)
Richard Powell ...
Confederate Sentry (uncredited)
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Civilian (uncredited)
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Officer (uncredited)
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Guard (uncredited)
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Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited)
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Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited)
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Execution Officer (uncredited)
Frances Turham ...
Queen (uncredited)
Martin Turner ...
Hickman (uncredited)
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Washington Townswoman (uncredited)
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Pat Washington ...
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Boleslawski ... (as Richard Boleslavsky)

Written by

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Harvey F. Thew ... (screen play) (as Harvey Thew) &
Zelda Sears ... (screen play) and
Eve Greene ... (screen play)
 
Robert W. Chambers ... (from the stories by)
 
John Lynch ... () (uncredited)
 
Herman J. Mankiewicz ... () (uncredited)
 
Fred Niblo Jr. ... () (uncredited)
 
Allen Rivkin ... () (uncredited)
 
C. Gardner Sullivan ... () (uncredited)
 
Harvey F. Thew ... () (uncredited)
 
P.J. Wolfson ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Lucien Hubbard ... producer

Music by

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William Axt ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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George J. Folsey ... (photographed by) (as George Folsey)

Editing by

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Frank Sullivan

Editorial Department

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W. Donn Hayes ... supervising editor: musical sequences (uncredited)

Casting By

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Ben Piazza ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Costume Design by

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Adrian ... (gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Robert A. Golden ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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A. Arnold Gillespie ... associate art director (as Arnold Gillespie)
Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
George Sidney ... boom operator
Standish J. Lambert ... sound (uncredited)

Stunts

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Buddy Roosevelt ... riding double: Marion Davies
Audrey Scott ... riding double: Marion Davies (uncredited)

Music Department

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William Axt ... synchronization (as Dr. William Axt)
Walter Donaldson ... songs by
Gus Kahn ... songs by
Wayne Allen ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Donald Mills ... musician (uncredited)
Harry Mills ... musician (uncredited)
John Mills ... musician (uncredited)
Jack Virgil ... orchestrator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Gail Loveless, a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War posing as a Confederate woman named Anne Claybourne, meets and falls in love with Confederate Captain Jack Galliard. Dusguised as an octoroon maid at a Confedarate military ball, she learns and relays secrets to the Union forces that are devastating to the Rebel cause. Assigned to the case to track down and kill the spy maid, Galliard learns she is also the woman he loves, but proceeds with his assignment. He captures her but is in danger of being captured himself as Federal forces are approaching. Gail/Anne saves him and they part to wait until peace comes to resume their romance. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines Not since "Smilin' Through" such heart-stabbing romance! (Print Ad-Nepean Times, ((Penrith, NSW)) 10 November 1934) See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'agent N° 13 (France)
  • La espía número 13 (Spain)
  • Spy 13
  • Spion 13 (Denmark)
  • La espía número 13 (Argentina)
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Trivia Although Curly Howard of The Three Stooges played the part of a Confederate soldier in this film, most of his part was cut prior to release. However, he can still be seen briefly in one sequence. See more »
Goofs Early in the film, the bugler is ordered to sound "Officers Call". He does so, and a distant bugler in the camp repeats the call. However, the second call is sounded in a much higher key. In reality, both bugles would play in the same key. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Once In a Lifetime See more »
Quotes Major Allen aka Allen Pinkerton: Operators 27 and 13 are not men.
'Doctor' Hitchcock: What are they, mules?
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