Teddy the Rough Rider

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1940-02-21
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 19min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ray Enright
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Summary

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

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  • Sidney Blackmer

    as Theodore Roosevelt
  • Douglas Wood

    as President William McKinley
  • Selmer Jackson

    as John W. Riggs
  • Theodore von Eltz

    as William Loeb
  • Arthur Loft

    as Big Jim Rafferty
  • John Ridgely

    as Reporter
  • Glenn Strange

    as Jim Rawlins
  • Robert Warwick

    as Capt. Leonard Wood
  • Frank Wilcox

    as Roosevelt's Secretary
  • Pierre Watkin

    as Sen. Platt
  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Mine Owner
  • Edward McWade

    as Russell Alger, Secretary of War
  • Edward Van Sloan

    as Elihu Root, Secretary of State
  • Earl Dwire

    as Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
  • Nat Carr

    as Reporter
  • Walter Fenner

    as 1st Slum Lord
  • Gus Glassmire

    as 3rd Slum Lord
  • Frank Mayo

    as Cabinet Member
  • Morgan Wallace

    as First Financier
Directing Ray Enright Director
Writing Charles L. Tedford Writer
Production Gordon Hollingshead Producer