1776 (1972)

6.9/10 • 141 min • Drama History

Overview

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.

Cast

William Daniels

Howard Da Silva

Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Ken Howard

Thomas Jefferson

Blythe Danner

Martha Jefferson

John Cullum

Edward Rutledge (SC)

David Ford

Congressional President John Hancock (MA)

Virginia Vestoff

William Hansen

Caesar Rodney (DE)

Roy Poole

Stephen Hopkins (RI)

Ray Middleton

Col. Thomas McKean (DE)

Stephen Nathan

William Duell

James Noble

Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

Howard Caine

Lewis Morris (NY)

Peter Forster

Oliver Wolcott (CT)

John Myhers

Robert Livingston

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