Down Liberty Road

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Down Liberty Road

Directed by	Harold D. Schuster
Produced by	Jerry Fairbanks
Starring	Tommy Kirk
Music by	Charles Koff Clarence Wheeler
Production companies	Greyhound Lines Jerry Fairbanks Productions
Release date	3 July 1956 (1956-07-03)
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Down Liberty Road is a 1956 American short film directed by Harold D. Schuster. The film is also known as Freedom Highway in the United States. It has an early performance by Tommy Kirk.^[1]

Plot

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On a cross-country Greyhound bus, passengers give historically dubious summaries of major landmarks. Riders include a grieving father of a fallen soldier and C-list celebrities of the 1950s.

Cast

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Morris Ankrum, as Fred Schroeder, his son, a fallen soldier will be awarded The Medal of Honor
Angie Dickinson, As Mary, becomes romantically joined with Charles Maxwell, the football player.
Tommy Kirk, Boy Scout
John Litel as a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Charles Maxwell as Bill Roberts, #64 Philadelphia Eagles footballer, a bus companion to Tommy Kirk and Angie Dickinson
Tex Ritter, Sings and plays guitar
Marshall Thompson, as unnamed, a visiting spirit
Mary Treen, As the Philadelphia Eagles front office secretary
Charles Koff,
Clarence Wheeler

References

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^ Vagg, Stephen (9 September 2019). "The Cinema of Tommy Kirk". Diabolique Magazine.

External links

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Down Liberty Road at IMDb
Down Liberty Road is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by Harold Schuster

Wings of the Morning (1937)
Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
Swing That Cheer (1938)
Exposed (1938)
Queer Cargo (1938)
One Hour to Live (1939)
Framed (1940)
Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)
Diamond Frontier (1940)
Zanzibar (1940)
South to Karanga (1940)
A Very Young Lady (1941)
Small Town Deb (1941)
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
Girl Trouble (1942)
Bomber's Moon (1943)
My Friend Flicka (1943)
Marine Raiders (1944)
The Tender Years (1948)
So Dear to My Heart (1949)
Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
Loophole (1954)
Security Risk (1954)
Port of Hell (1954)
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)
The Return of Jack Slade (1955)
Finger Man (1955)
Down Liberty Road (1956)
Portland Exposé (1957)
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
The Power of the Resurrection (1958)

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