The Declaration of Independence (1938)

6.7/10 17 min History Drama

Overview

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

John Litel

Thomas Jefferson

Ted Osborne

Caesar Rodney

Rosella Towne

Betsy Kramer

Richard Bond

Thomas Lynch Jr.

Lionel Belmore

The Innkeeper (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Congress Clerk (uncredited)

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

Henry Hall

John Hancock (uncredited)

John Harron

Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Thomas McKean (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

John Dickinson (uncredited)

William Orlamond

Matthew Kramer (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor

John Adams (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

George Reed (uncredited)

Walter Walker

Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

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