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
James Noble
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Howard Caine
as Lewis Morris (NY)
Howard Da Silva
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Blythe Danner
as Martha Jefferson
John Cullum
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
Virginia Vestoff
as Abigail Adams
William Duell
as Andrew McNair
Rex Robbins
as Roger Sherman (CT)
William Hansen
as Caesar Rodney (DE)
Roy Poole
as Stephen Hopkins (RI)
Stephen Nathan
as Courier
Peter Forster
as Oliver Wolcott (CT)
John Myhers
as Robert Livingston
William Daniels
as John Adams
Ken Howard
as Thomas Jefferson
Ray Middleton
as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
