The Littlest Rebel
DirectorDavid Butler
“America's Little Sweetheart . . . The Dimpled Darling You Love in the Greatest of Civil War Dramas !”
Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
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Cast
Shirley Temple
Virgie Cary
John Boles
Captain Cary
Jack Holt
Colonel Morrison
Karen Morley
Mrs. Cary
Bill Robinson
Uncle Billy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Sergeant Dudley
Willie Best
James Henry
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Bessie Lyle
Mammy
Hannah Washington
Sally Ann
Bud Geary
Yankee Sergeant (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
Black Boy (uncredited)
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