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Only the Brave (1930)

Only the Brave poster
Directed by
Frank Tuttle
Genre
historical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Union Army captain goes undercover as a spy in Confederate territory. His mission gets complicated when he falls in love with a Southern woman who helps him.

romantictensedramaticwartimeold-fashionedunderstatedmelancholic

What happens

Only the Brave is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, and Phillips Holmes. It is a drama of the American Civil War. Written by Agnes Brand Leahy, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Keene Thompson, and Richard H. Digges Jr., the film is about a Union Army captain who travels into Confederate territory as a spy with false dispatches hoping to mislead the Confederate forces. His mission is complicated when he falls in love with a southern woman who comes to his aid. Produced by Hector Turnbull for Paramount Pictures, Only the Brave was released on March 8, 1930, in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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