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64% Critic Match
The Littlest Rebel
“America's Little Sweetheart . . . The Dimpled Darling You Love in the Greatest of Civil War Dramas !”
6.4 / 10• 1935• 1h 10m•NR• English
ComedyDramaFamilyMusicWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Shirley Temple
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Lead
John Boles
Capt. Herbert Cary
Jack Holt
Col. Morrison
Karen Morley
Mrs. Cary
Bill Robinson
Uncle Billy
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Sgt. Dudley
Willie Best
James Henry
Frank McGlynn Sr.
President Abraham Lincoln
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Butler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Littlest Rebel is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
