Give Me Liberty

The Most Inspiring and Important Short In Recent Years

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

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Drama , History

Production Companies Warner Bros. Pictures , The Vitaphone Corporation

Release Date 19 December 1936

22 mins

Cast

John Litel Patrick Henry

Nedda Harrigan Doxie Henry

Carlyle Moore Jr. Capt. Milton

Robert Warwick George Washington

George Irving Thomas Jefferson

Boyd Irwin British Commissioner

Gordon Hart Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker

Myrtle Stedman Martha Washington

Ted Osborne Randolph Peyton

Jesse Graves Washington's Servant Moses (uncredited)

Wade Lane Judge (uncredited)

Charles Frederick Lindsley Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas His Excellency Permitting Henry's Arrest (uncredited)

Jack Mower Gentleman (uncredited)

Paul Panzer Frontiersman (uncredited)

William Worthington Pendleton (uncredited)

Crew

Director

B. Reeves Eason

Writer

Forrest Barnes

Cinematography

W. Howard Greene

Composer

M.K. Jerome

Editor

Louis Hesse

Story

Forrest Barnes

Art Direction

Ted Smith