The Declaration of Independence
History
Drama
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.
1938-11-26
en
Cast
Director
Crane Wilbur
John Litel as Thomas Jefferson
Ted Osborne as Caesar Rodney
Rosella Towne as Betsy Kramer
Richard Bond as Thomas Lynch Jr.
Lionel Belmore as The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey as Congress Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
Henry Hall as John Hancock (uncredited)
John Harron as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin as Thomas McKean (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as John Dickinson (uncredited)
William Orlamond as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor as John Adams (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan as George Reed (uncredited)
Walter Walker as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)