The Rose and the Jackal

Apr 16, 1990

1h 40m

★ 2.0

He was a Union Soldier that destiny made a lover. She was a beautiful Confederate whom fate made a spy.

Overview

Detective Allan Pinkerton, working for the Union, becomes obsessed with Southern socialite Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a spy for the Confederacy.

Genres

Adventure

TV Movie

Western

Production Companies

Turner Network Television

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Cast

Allan Pinkerton

Christopher Reeve

Rose O'Neil Greenhow

Madolyn Smith Osborne

Tom

Granville Van Dusen

Senator Henry Wilson

Kevin McCarthy

Joan Pinkerton

Carrie Snodgress

Lieutenant Lawrence Nevins

Haynes Brooke

James Buchanan

Jeff Corey

New York Times Reporter

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Union Jailer

Mert Hatfield

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