1776
1776
Release: 1972-11-09
·Runtime: 141m
·★ 6.8
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Jack L. Warner Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Rex Robbins
as Roger Sherman (CT)
Stephen Nathan
as Courier
Peter Forster
as Oliver Wolcott (CT)
Roy Poole
as Stephen Hopkins (RI)
Ray Middleton
as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Howard Caine
as Lewis Morris (NY)
John Myhers
as Robert Livingston
Howard Da Silva
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Ken Howard
as Thomas Jefferson
Blythe Danner
as Martha Jefferson
Virginia Vestoff
as Abigail Adams
William Hansen
as Caesar Rodney (DE)
William Daniels
as John Adams
John Cullum
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
William Duell
as Andrew McNair
James Noble
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
