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The Bill of Rights
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The Bill of Rights

1939-08-19 · 21 min · ★ 6.5

Drama · History

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
Countries
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Status
Released

Top Cast

Ted OsborneTed OsborneJames Madison
Moroni OlsenMoroni OlsenRoyal Governor Dunmore
Leonard MudieLeonard MudieMoreland
Vernon SteeleVernon SteeleThomas Jefferson
John HamiltonJohn HamiltonColonel George Mason
Raymond Brown
Tom ChattertonTom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee
Sidney BraceySidney BraceyColonist
Creighton HaleCreighton HaleNew York Congressman
John HarronJohn HarronCarter
William HopperWilliam HopperCourier
Olaf HyttenOlaf HyttenKing George III
Boyd IrwinBoyd IrwinCaptain Collins
Glenn LanganGlenn LanganNorth Carolina Congressman
Charles Frederick LindsleyNarrator (voice)
John LitelJohn LitelPatrick Henry
Jack MowerJack MowerVirginia Congressman
John RidgelyJohn RidgelyMassachusetts Congressman
Russell SimpsonRussell SimpsonFrontiersman

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