The Declaration of Independence
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.
Release Date: 1938-11-26
History
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (7 votes)
Casts
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)
