The Declaration of Independence (1938)
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.
Cast
Thomas Jefferson
Caesar Rodney
Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Thomas McKean (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Dickinson (uncredited)
Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
John Adams (uncredited)
George Reed (uncredited)
Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Betsy Kramer
Thomas Lynch Jr.
Edward Rutledge
The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Congress Clerk (uncredited)
Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
John Hancock (uncredited)
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