The read
It runs a compact 17m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Crane WilburDirector
- Charles L. TedfordScreenplay
Cast
- 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)
- Hal CraigMan Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
- Henry HallJohn Hancock (uncredited)
- John HarronRodney's Messenger (uncredited)
- Boyd IrwinThomas McKean (uncredited)
Themes
independenceamerican revolutionrevolutionary warfreedom fighters