19 May 1988
Promised a Miracle
True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted in his death.
The Littlest Rebel
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.
Top Billed Cast
Shirley Temple Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
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
Bessie Lyle Mammy
Hannah Washington Sally Ann
Bud Geary Yankee Sergeant (uncredited)
Matthew Beard Black Boy (uncredited)
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