Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate lines in an attempt to lead Southern forces away from an area in which a Northern attack is planned. But Dumont falls in love with a Southern girl and when she proves useful to his plan, his conscience begins to tear at him.
Plot keywords (from IMDb): african american, based on play , battlefield, code, court martial, duty, execution, general, guard, gunfire, gunshot wound, hanging, impersonation, jealousy, melodrama, message, military, nursing back to health, prisoner of war, rescue, richmond virginia, spy, telegraph operator, war injury, american civil war
Secret Service (1931) [IN PROCESS - Information may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies]