Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
1957 · Movie · 34 min. · United States
This is a 37-minute orientation film, filmed in the spring of 1956, for visitors to historic Colonial Williamsburg, and photographed in the area restored by the Rockerfeller Foundation. The plot follows a fictional Virginia planter, John Fry (Jack Lord), who becomes a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses. Through contact with Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and other patriots, he gradually loses his ties with the pro-British faction and casts his lot with the rebels.
Direction George Seaton
Cast Jack Lord · Leora Dana · Margery Maude · Richard Striker · Karin Wolfe · Robert Carroll · Charles Martin · Frederic Warriner · Francis Compton · Michael Laurence · Ralph Sumpter · House Jameson
Soundtrack Bernard Herrmann
Screenplay Emmet Lavery
Cinematography Haskell B. Boggs
Original title Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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