
The Bill of Rights
1939-08-19 · 21 min · ★ 6.5
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
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- Directors
- Crane Wilbur
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Ted OsborneJames Madison
Moroni OlsenRoyal Governor Dunmore
Leonard MudieMoreland
Vernon SteeleThomas Jefferson
John HamiltonColonel George Mason
Tom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee
Sidney BraceyColonist
Creighton HaleNew York Congressman
John HarronCarter
William HopperCourier
Olaf HyttenKing George III
Boyd IrwinCaptain Collins
Glenn LanganNorth Carolina Congressman
John LitelPatrick Henry
Jack MowerVirginia Congressman
John RidgelyMassachusetts Congressman
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