Ben and Me

Name: Ben and Me
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 1953-11-11
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Sterling Holloway, Charles Ruggles, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson

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1953

Release Year

25 min

Runtime

Animation

Comedy

Family

Overview

A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin and turns out to be responsible for many of his ideas; including the beginning of the Declaration of Independance!

Keywords

historical figure

short film

ben franklin

Cast

Sterling Holloway

Amos Mouse (voice)

Charles Ruggles

Ben Franklin (voice)

Hans Conried

Tom Jefferson / Crook (voice)

Bill Thompson

Governor Keith / Tour Guide (voice)

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@Geronimo1967

July 10, 2025

7/10

Guess what? It turns out that the much lauded Benjamin Franklin wasn’t actually one of the architects of American independence after all. Nope. It was his mousey friend “Amos” who came up with all that “we the people” malarkey. After Benjamin had visited King George III and left with short shrift, h…

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