Hallmark Hall Of Fame

Crusade to Liberty (1954x2)

: 10, 1954

James Edward Oglethorpe fought a single-handed battle against the debtor prisons of England. In 1732,Oglethorpe fights a losing battle for the freedom of all unfortunate Englishmen rotting in jail because they owe money. Oglethorpe conceives a plan of starting a colony, to be made up of freed debtors, in the new world. Stars Douglass Montgomery.