Down Liberty Road

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Down Liberty Road
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Produced by Jerry Fairbanks
Starring Tommy Kirk
Music byCharles Koff
Clarence Wheeler
Production
companies
Greyhound Lines
Jerry Fairbanks Productions
Release date
  • 3 July 1956 (1956-07-03)
Running time
33 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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Plot

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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References

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