Secret service [videorecording] / by William Gillette ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York ; produced by Ken Campbell ; directed by Daniel Freudenberger and Peter Levin.
Originally broadcast as an episode on the television series "Theater in America" in 1977 a production of Thirteen/WNET. Original theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1977. Host, Hal Holbrook. Phoenix Theatre, New York ; Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, Mary Beth Hurt.
Summary:
The Phoenix Theatre production of William Gillette's 1895 spy thriller, set in Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Tells the tale of a Union spy working to seize control of the Richmond telegraph office. Posing as a wounded Confederate captain named Thorne, the spy's false orders to a Confederate Army commander raise the suspicions of a southern agent, who uses a local girl in love with Thorne as his reluctant accomplice to set a trap.
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