Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

Top 6 Billed Cast

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Eli Whitney

Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson

Thomas Jefferson

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Howard Negley
Howard Negley

Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley)

Harry Hayden
Harry Hayden

Senatorial Committee Man

Mitchell Lewis
Mitchell Lewis

Eli Whitney's Workman

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