1776
1776
Release: 1972-11-09
·Runtime: 141m
·★ 6.9
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
William Duell
as Andrew McNair
Howard Caine
as Lewis Morris (NY)
Ray Middleton
as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Stephen Nathan
as Courier
Howard Da Silva
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
William Hansen
as Caesar Rodney (DE)
Ken Howard
as Thomas Jefferson
Blythe Danner
as Martha Jefferson
Virginia Vestoff
as Abigail Adams
James Noble
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Peter Forster
as Oliver Wolcott (CT)
John Myhers
as Robert Livingston
William Daniels
as John Adams
John Cullum
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
Roy Poole
as Stephen Hopkins (RI)
