1776

1776

141 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 9, 1972

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.

1776

141 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 9, 1972

1776
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Columbia Pictures, Jack L. Warner Productions
Original title 1776
Directors Marshall Schlom, Sheldon Schrager, Peter H. Hunt
Writers Peter Stone, Sherman Edwards

Cast

William Daniels

as John Adams

Howard Da Silva

as Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Ken Howard

as Thomas Jefferson

Blythe Danner

as Martha Jefferson

Donald Madden

as John Dickinson (PA)

John Cullum

as Edward Rutledge (SC)

David Ford

as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)

Ron Holgate

as Richard Henry Lee (VA)

Emory Bass

as James Wilson (PA)

Virginia Vestoff

as Abigail Adams

William Hansen

as Caesar Rodney (DE)

Roy Poole

as Stephen Hopkins (RI)

Ray Middleton

as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)

Stephen Nathan

as Courier

Ralston Hill

as Charles Thomson

William Duell

as Andrew McNair

James Noble

as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

Howard Caine

as Lewis Morris (NY)

Peter Forster

as Oliver Wolcott (CT)

John Myhers

as Robert Livingston

Daniel Keyes

as Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)

Rex Robbins

as Roger Sherman (CT)

Leo Leydon

as George Read (DE)

Charles Rule

as Joseph Hewes (NC)

Patrick Hines

as Samuel Chase (MD)