1776
1972, Film, 141 min, Drama, Family, History, English, United States, MoviePedia score 70
The award winning musical comes to the screen!
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Directed by Peter H. Hunt
Cast
- William Daniels as John Adams (MA)
- Howard Da Silva as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA)
- Ken Howard as Thomas Jefferson (VA)
- Donald Madden as John Dickinson (PA)
- John Cullum as Edward Rutledge (SC)
- Roy Poole as Stephen Hopkins (RI)
- David Ford as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
- Ron Holgate as Richard Henry Lee (VA)
- Ray Middleton as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
- William Hansen as Caesar Rodney (DE)
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