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The Declaration of Independence

Release Year
1938
Runtime
17m
Genres
Drama
History
Directed By
Crane Wilbur
The Declaration of Independence

This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

Cast & Crew

Cast

John Litel

Thomas Jefferson

Ted Osborne

Caesar Rodney

Rosella Towne

Betsy Kramer

Richard Bond

Thomas Lynch Jr.

Owen King

Edward Rutledge

Lionel Belmore

The Innkeeper (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Congress Clerk (uncredited)

Hal Craig

Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

Henry Hall

John Hancock (uncredited)

John Harron

Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Thomas McKean (uncredited)

Charles Frederick Lindsley

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Crane Wilbur

Director

Charles L. Tedford

Screenplay

W. Howard Greene

Director of Photography

Everett Dodd

Editor

Milo Anderson

Costume Design

Howard Jackson

Music

Robert B. Lee

Sound

Hugh Reticker

Art Direction

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