OPERATOR 13
DIRECTED BY RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI
PRODUCED BY LUCIEN HUBBARD
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (MGM)
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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 octoroom 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
Full Cast
Marion Davies ... Gail Loveless
Gary Cooper ... Captain Jack Gailliard
Jean Parker ... Eleanor Shackleford
Katharine Alexander ... Pauline Cushman / Operator 27
Ted Healy ... Doctor Hitchcock
Russell Hardie ... Lt. Gus Littledale
Henry Wadsworth ... Captain John Pelham
Douglass Dumbrille ... General Jeb Stuart (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Willard Robertson ... Captain Cornelius Channing
Fuzzy Knight ... Private Sweeney
Sidney Toler ... Major Allen Pinkerton
Robert McWade ... Colonel Sharpe
Marjorie Gateson ... Mrs. Shackleford
Wade Boteler ... Gaston
Walter Long ... Operator 55
The Mills Brothers ... Medicine Show Balladeers (as The Four Mills Brothers)
Ernie Adams ... Orderly (uncredited)
Larry Adler ... Harmonica Player (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander ... Confederate Sentry (uncredited)
Sam Ash ... Lieutenant (uncredited)
Zita Baca ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow ... Colonel Storm (uncredited)
Margaret Bert ... Washington Townswoman (uncredited)
Frank Burt ... Confederate Lieutenant (uncredited)
Claudia Coleman ... Nurse (uncredited)
Nell Craig ... Confederate Party Guest (uncredited)
Belle Daube ... Mrs. Dandridge (uncredited)
Donald Douglas ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
John Elliott ... General Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley ... Union Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Grant ... Chaplain (uncredited)
Billy Griffith ... Mac (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Army Officer (uncredited)
William Henry ... Young Lieutenant Kissing Blonde (uncredited)
Hattie Hill ... Slave (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds ... Union Officer Price (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway ... Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited)
Curly Howard ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Wallie Howe ... Clergyman (uncredited)
Si Jenks ... White Trash (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings ... Artilleryman (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy ... Confederate Officer Jealous of Artilleryman (uncredited)
John Kirkley ... Slave (uncredited)
Lia Lance ... Witch Woman / Operator 18 (uncredited)
John Larkin ... Slave Fishing for Codfish (uncredited)
Frank Leighton ... Union Major (uncredited)
Charles Lloyd ... Union Private (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... Judge (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren ... Confederate Party Guest (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ... Staff Colonel (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe ... Confederate Officer (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel ... Annie - a Cook (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel ... Rufus (uncredited)
Francis McDonald ... Officer Denton (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr. ... Scout (uncredited)
Donald Mills ... One of The Four Mills Brothers - a Medicine Show Singer (uncredited)
Harry Mills ... One of The Four Mills Brothers - a Medicine Show Singer (uncredited)
Herbert Mills ... One of The Four Mills Brothers - a Medicine Show Singer (uncredited)
John Mills ... One of The Four Mills Brothers - a Medicine Show Singer (uncredited)
James C. Morton ... Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Wheeler Oakman ... Scout (uncredited)
Franklin Parker ... John Hay (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Confederate Soldier Getting Lucille As Witness (uncredited)
Richard Powell ... Confederate Sentry (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt ... Civilian (uncredited)
James Sheridan ... Officer (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson ... Guard (uncredited)
Richard Tucker ... Execution Officer (uncredited)
Martin Turner ... Hickman (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Washington Townswoman (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren ... General Ulysses S. Grant (as Fred Warren) (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson ... Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Harvey F. Thew (screen play) (as Harvey Thew) &
Zelda Sears (screen play) and
Eve Greene (screen play)
Robert W. Chambers (from the stories by)
Herman J. Mankiewicz uncredited
Original Music
William Axt
Cinematography
George J. Folsey
Trivia
Curly Howard of The Three Stooges was originally to have appeared in this film.
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.
Goofs
Continuity
When Gail takes an oath, she raises her right arm in the traditional manner, but in the next shot, it has turned into a salute
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA