The Declaration of Independence (1938)
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.
The Declaration of IndependenceHistory, Drama
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)
- Tom Chatterton — Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
- Hal Craig — Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
- Henry Hall — John Hancock (uncredited)
- John Harron — Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
- Boyd Irwin — Thomas McKean (uncredited)
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