
Clues to Adventure
Drama · History
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.
Top Cast


John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)


Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)


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


Victor Kilian
Victor Kilian
John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)


Michael Mark
Michael Mark
Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary McLeod
Mary McLeod
Mary, Queen of Scots (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary McLeod
Mary, Queen of Scots (archive footage) (uncredited)


Leonard Mudie
Leonard Mudie
Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)


Leonard Penn
Leonard Penn
Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)
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