Genres
Duration
17 min
Director
Crane Wilbur
Rating
6.3
Release Date
November 26, 1938
The Declaration of Independence
Original title: The Declaration of Independence
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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 Independence cast
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John Litel
Character:
Thomas Jefferson
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Ted Osborne
Character:
Caesar Rodney
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Rosella Towne
Character:
Betsy Kramer
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Richard Bond
Character:
Thomas Lynch Jr.
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Owen King
Character:
Edward Rutledge
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Lionel Belmore
Character:
The Innkeeper (uncredited)
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Sidney Bracey
Character:
Congress Clerk (uncredited)
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Tom Chatterton
Character:
Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
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Hal Craig
Character:
Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
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Henry Hall
Character:
John Hancock (uncredited)
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John Harron
Character:
Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
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Boyd Irwin
Character:
Thomas McKean (uncredited)
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Charles Frederick Lindsley
Character:
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Wilfred Lucas
Character:
John Dickinson (uncredited)
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William Orlamond
Character:
Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
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Bert Stevens
Character:
Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
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Ferris Taylor
Character:
John Adams (uncredited)
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Emmett Vogan
Character:
George Reed (uncredited)
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Walter Walker
Character:
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
