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The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

Crane Wilbur

1938

  • History
  • Drama
6.7

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 & crew

  • Crane WilburDirector
  • John LitelThomas Jefferson
  • Ted OsborneCaesar Rodney
  • Rosella TowneBetsy Kramer
  • Richard BondThomas Lynch Jr.
  • Owen KingEdward Rutledge
  • Lionel BelmoreThe Innkeeper (uncredited)
  • Sidney BraceyCongress Clerk (uncredited)
  • Tom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee (uncredited)

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