Let Freedom Ring (1939)
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Originally filmed in Sepiatone, Let Freedom Ring is a satisfying Nelson Eddy musical with patriotic overtones. Set in the years following the Civil War, the story focuses on the battle of wills between Harvard-educated idealist Steve Logan (Eddy) and bullying railroad magnate Jim Knox (Edward Arnold). Launching a newspaper aimed at combatting Knox's engulf-and-devour tactics (could the villain be intended as a frontier Hitler?) Logan is disowned by his wealthy family and frozen out by his
Apr 13, 1994
Cast
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Nelson Eddy
Steve Logan -
Virginia Bruce
Maggie Adams -
Victor McLaglen
Chris Mulligan -
Lionel Barrymore
Thomas Logan -
Edward Arnold
Jim Knox -
Guy Kibbee
Judge David Bronson -
Charles Butterworth
"The Mackerel -
H.B. Warner
Rutledge -
Raymond Walburn
Editor Underwood -
Dick Rich
"Thumper" Jackson -
Trevor Bardette
Cagan -
George 'Gabby' Hayes
"Pop" Wilkie -
Louis Jean Heydt
Ned Wilkie -
Sarah Padden
"Ma" Logan -
C.E. Anderson
Sheriff Hicks -
Luis Alberni
Tony -
Maude Allen
Hilda -
Jimmy Aubrey
Rancher -
Hank Bell
Stage Driver -
Billy Bevan
Cockney -
Ralph Bushman
Gagan Henchman -
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Eddie Dunn
"Curley" Bartender -
Tenen Holtz
Hunky -
Adia Kuznetzoff
Pole -
Mitchell Lewis
Joe -
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Emory Parnell
Swede -
Victor Potel
2nd Swede -
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Constantine Romanoff
Russian -
Lionel Royce
German -
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Harry Wilson
Workman -
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Ted Thompson
Surveyor -
James Mason
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Cornball but enjoyable patriotic musical western.
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