Give Me Liberty (1936)

Name: Give Me Liberty
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-12-19
Duration: 22 min
Cast: John Litel, Nedda Harrigan, Carlyle Moore Jr., Robert Warwick, George Irving

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Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

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Released 1936-12-19 · 22 min · Drama, History

Directed by B. Reeves Eason

Cast

John Litel as Patrick Henry
Nedda Harrigan as Doxie Henry
Carlyle Moore Jr. as Capt. Milton
Robert Warwick as George Washington
George Irving as Thomas Jefferson
Boyd Irwin as British Commissioner
Gordon Hart as Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker
Myrtle Stedman as Martha Washington
Ted Osborne as Randolph Peyton
Jesse Graves as Washington's Servant Moses (uncredited)
Wade Lane as Judge (uncredited)
Charles Frederick Lindsley as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)
Jack Mower as Gentleman (uncredited)
Paul Panzer as Frontiersman (uncredited)