Let Freedom Ring (1939) - (Movie Clip) There's No Place Like Home

Let Freedom Ring - (Original Trailer)

A crusader returns to his Western hometown to root out corruption in Let Freedom Ring (1939) starring Nelson Eddy.

Let Freedom Ring (1939) -- (Movie Clip) When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

We know now that Steve (Nelson Eddy) is against the railroad, pretending to be pals with drunk-again hired thug Mulligan (Victor McLaglen), using songs to tell slow-witted Mackerel (Charles Butterworth) to get out of town with the printing-press they’ve just stolen, in MGM’s Let Freedom Ring, 1939.

Let Freedom Ring (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Ridin' In Like Davy Crockett

We’re pretty sure it was Nelson Eddy (as Steve, local boy home from Harvard) who beat up a railroad arsonist in the previous scene, but it’s a surprise to his parents (Lionel Barrymore, Sarah Padden) when he acts drunk and sides with railroad man Knox (Edward Arnold), in MGM’s Let Freedom Ring, 1939.

Let Freedom Ring (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Working On The Railroad

Railroad baron Knox (Edward Arnold) separates Maggie (Virginia Bruce), top citizen of the Western town he’s taken over, from friend Rutledge (H.B. Warner), then some chat about not-yet-seen star Nelson Eddy, then the arrival of labor enforcer Mulligan (Victor McLaglen), in MGM’s Let Freedom Ring, 1939.