The Declaration of Independence
6.7
11 votes
November 26, 1938
17m
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.
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In United States
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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)Charles Frederick Lindsley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
John Dickinson (uncredited)
William Orlamond
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