Clues to Adventure

Clues to Adventure

Clues to Adventure

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Clues to Adventure

1949

0h 11m

7.3(3 votes)

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Overview

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The people behind it

Cast & crew

8 featured cast members

Starring

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Hubbard

John Hubbard

Man in Zenger's Shop (archive footage) (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Michael Mark

Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary McLeod

Mary, Queen of Scots (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie

Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Leonard Penn

Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)

Creative team

Written by: John Nesbitt
Produced by: John Nesbitt

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