Give Me Liberty

Dec 19, 1936

0h 22m

★ 6.3

The Most Inspiring and Important Short In Recent Years

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Vitaphone Corporation

Give Me Liberty Trailers

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Cast

Patrick Henry

John Litel

Doxie Henry

Nedda Harrigan

Capt. Milton

Carlyle Moore Jr.

George Washington

Robert Warwick

Thomas Jefferson

George Irving

British Commissioner

Boyd Irwin

Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker

Gordon Hart

Martha Washington

Myrtle Stedman

Randolph Peyton

Ted Osborne

Washington's Servant Moses (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Judge (uncredited)

Wade Lane

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charles Frederick Lindsley

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