The Littlest Rebel

The Littlest Rebel

70 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family, War, Music | Dec. 27, 1935

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.

The Littlest Rebel

70 mins | Drama, Comedy, Family, War, Music | Dec. 27, 1935

The Littlest Rebel
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Littlest Rebel
Directors Booth McCracken, David Butler
Writers Edward Peple, Edwin J. Burke

Cast

Shirley Temple

as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary

John Boles

as Capt. Herbert Cary

Jack Holt

as Col. Morrison

Karen Morley

as Mrs. Cary

Bill Robinson

as Uncle Billy

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

as Sgt. Dudley

Willie Best

as James Henry

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as President Abraham Lincoln

Bessie Lyle

as Mammy

Hannah Washington

as Sally Ann

Bud Geary

as Yankee Sergeant (uncredited)

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

as Black Boy (uncredited)