1776 (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.
Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Top Billed Cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
Runtime: 141 minutes
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William Daniels
John Adams
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Ken Howard
Thomas Jefferson
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
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Donald Madden
John Dickinson (PA)
John Cullum
Edward Rutledge (SC)
David Ford
Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
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Ron Holgate
Richard Henry Lee (VA)
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Emory Bass
James Wilson (PA)
Virginia Vestoff
Abigail Adams
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (DE)
Roy Poole
Stephen Hopkins (RI)
Ray Middleton
Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Stephen Nathan
Courier
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Ralston Hill
Charles Thomson
William Duell
Andrew McNair
James Noble
Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Howard Caine
Lewis Morris (NY)
Peter Forster
Oliver Wolcott (CT)
John Myhers
Robert Livingston
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Daniel Keyes
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Rex Robbins
Roger Sherman (CT)
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Leo Leydon
George Read (DE)
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Charles Rule
Joseph Hewes (NC)
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Patrick Hines
Samuel Chase (MD)
