Only the Brave
1930, English. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on what could be a suicide mission. He volunteers to go behind enemy lines disguised in Confederate gray as a staff officer to Robert E. Lee. He's to ride to a certain plantation which is a local brigade headquarters and deliberately let himself be caught with maps showing false Union troop positions. Of course, the penalty, then as now, is execution.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Frank TuttleDirector
- Gary CooperCapt. James Braydon
- Mary BrianBarbara Calhoun
- Phillips HolmesCapt. Robert Darrington
- James NeillVance Calhoun
- Morgan FarleyLt. Tom Wendell
- Guy OliverGen. Ulysses S. Grant
- John ElliottGen. Robert E. Lee
- E.H. CalvertThe Colonel
- Virginia BruceElizabeth
- Elda VoelkelLucy Cameron
- William Le MaireThe Sentry
- Freeman WoodElizabeth's Lover
Details
- Released
- 7 March 1930
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Keene Thompson
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Only the Brave runs 66 minutes (1h 6m).
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Only the Brave isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Only the Brave?
Only the Brave (1930) was directed by Frank Tuttle and stars Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Phillips Holmes.