The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence (1938)


  • Genre: History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1938-11-26
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 17min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Crane Wilbur
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Summary

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.

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  • John Litel

    as Thomas Jefferson

  • Ted Osborne

    as Caesar Rodney

  • Rosella Towne

    as Betsy Kramer

  • Richard Bond

    as Thomas Lynch Jr.

  • Owen King

    as Edward Rutledge

  • Lionel Belmore

    as The Innkeeper (uncredited)

  • Sidney Bracey

    as Congress Clerk (uncredited)

  • Tom Chatterton

    as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

  • Hal Craig

    as Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

  • Henry Hall

    as John Hancock (uncredited)

  • John Harron

    as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

  • Boyd Irwin

    as Thomas McKean (uncredited)

  • Charles Frederick Lindsley

    as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Lucas

    as John Dickinson (uncredited)

  • William Orlamond

    as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)

  • Ferris Taylor

    as John Adams (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    as George Reed (uncredited)

  • Walter Walker

    as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Directing Crane Wilbur Director
Writing Charles L. Tedford Screenplay
Sound Howard Jackson Music
Camera W. Howard Greene Director of Photography
Editing Everett Dodd Editor
Art Hugh Reticker Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Milo Anderson Costume Design
Sound Robert B. Lee Sound

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