

The Rose and the Jackal
1990-04-16 · 100 min · ★ 6.0
Detective Allan Pinkerton, working for the Union, becomes obsessed with Southern socialite Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a spy for the Confederacy.
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- Directors
- Jack Gold
- Production companies
- Turner Network Television
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Christopher ReeveAllan Pinkerton
Madolyn Smith OsborneRose O'Neil Greenhow
Granville Van DusenTom
Kevin McCarthySenator Henry Wilson
Carrie SnodgressJoan Pinkerton
Haynes BrookeLieutenant Lawrence Nevins
Jeff CoreyJames Buchanan
Wilbur FitzgeraldNew York Times Reporter
Christine LakinLittle Rose
J. Don Ferguson
Bruce Evers
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