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19/12/1936 Drama, History 0h 22m
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The Most Inspiring and Important Short In Recent Years

Overview

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

  1. B. Reeves Eason

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Litel

    Patrick Henry

  2. Nedda Harrigan

    Doxie Henry

  3. Carlyle Moore Jr.

    Capt. Milton

  4. Robert Warwick

    George Washington

  5. George Irving

    Thomas Jefferson

  6. Boyd Irwin

    British Commissioner

  7. Gordon Hart

    Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker

  8. Myrtle Stedman

    Martha Washington

  9. Ted Osborne

    Randolph Peyton

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-28
Despite an half-decent effort from John Litel as he takes to a church in Virginia as Patrick Henry to espouse liberty from British colonial rule, the rest of this is all a rather lacklustre and overly theatrical costume drama with some serious over-acting. The presence of neatly suited and booted characters like “Moses” isn’t deemed relevant as these privileged white folks pontificate about liberty and freedom whilst just about every manual function in their lives is carried out by slaves. It’s that hypocrisy that becomes a little harder to stomach as this sets about illustrating, albe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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