Jamestown

The founding of the first English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1612 and the many problems that confronted the struggling colonists are depicted.

Cast

Robert Gaillard

as Sir Thomas Dale

Dolores Cassinelli

as Pocahontas

Harry Kendall

as Captain George Yeardley

Paul McAllister

as Don Diego de Molina

Leslie Austin

as John Rolfe

Brian Donlevy

as Minor Role (Uncredited)

Leslie Stowe

as The Reverend Richard Buck

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