The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

Jul 22, 1939

0h 10m

★ 4.0

Overview

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.

Genres

History

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

John Nesbitt

John Peter Zenger (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Trooper (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Attorney John Alexander (uncredited)

John Hubbard

Hank (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

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