Rip Van Winkle
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Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the cival war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.
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Shot by Sol Polito
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Thomas Jefferson
as Rip Van Winkle
Clarette Clare
as Gretchen Van Winkle
Harry Blakemore
as Nick Vedder
Daisy Jefferson
as Meenie Van Winkle
Wallace Scott
as Hendrik Vedder
William Cavanaugh
as Derrick von Beekman
G Sabo
as Hendrik Hudson
William Chamberlain
as Cockles von Beekman
Loel Steuart
as Meenie Van Winkle
Maurice Steuart
as Hendrik Vedder - Child
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