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Poster for The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

(1938)

November 26, 1938 0h 17m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

Crane Wilbur

Director

Top Billed Cast

JL

John Litel

Thomas Jefferson

TO

Ted Osborne

Caesar Rodney

RT

Rosella Towne

Betsy Kramer

RB

Richard Bond

Thomas Lynch Jr.

OK

Owen King

Edward Rutledge

LB

Lionel Belmore

The Innkeeper (uncredited)

SB

Sidney Bracey

Congress Clerk (uncredited)

TC

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

HC

Hal Craig

Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

HH

Henry Hall

John Hancock (uncredited)