Operator 13 is a romantic spy film set in the American Civil War The Civil War, shortly after the Battle of Bull Run, the Union forces are in retreat. In a US Military Hospital, the Pauline Cushman Players are performing for wounded soldiers. Pauline the spy who works for Allen Pinkerton persuades Gail to become a spy for the Union cause, Operator 13. Gail accompanies Pauline as her African American maid and while washing General Stuart’s clothes, hears he will attend a ball that night. At the ball, Captain Gaillard suspects that Pauline is a spy and finds evidence in her room.... Pauline, trying to flee is arrested and is to be a witness against Pauline who is later sentenced to death. Both women manage to escape to the Union lines. Pinkerton decides to use Pauline to trap Gaillard, and part of the plan, she jeers at a parade of Union soldiers and is thought to be a heroine in the southern newspapers. Gail, as Anne Claibourne is pardoned by Lincoln and heads south where Captain Gaillard is attracted to her.
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| Release date: | 1934 |
| Directed by: | Ryszard Bolesławski |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action |