1776

1776 (1972)

The award winning musical comes to the screen!

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1972-11-09
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 74 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 21min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Peter H. Hunt
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Summary

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.

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  • 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)
Directing Peter H. Hunt Director
Writing Peter Stone Screenplay
Writing Peter Stone Theatre Play
Writing Sherman Edwards Theatre Play
Sound Sherman Edwards Songs
Camera Harry Stradling Jr. Director of Photography
Art George Jenkins Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Patricia Zipprodt Costume Design
Editing William H. Ziegler Supervising Film Editor
Editing Florence Williamson Editor
Sound Arthur Piantadosi Sound
Sound Al Overton Jr. Sound
Art George James Hopkins Set Decoration
Production Emmett Emerson Unit Production Manager
Directing Sheldon Schrager Assistant Director
Directing Marshall Schlom Script Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Ernest Adler Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Allan Snyder Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Carmen Dirigo Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Mickey Sherrard Costumer
Art Mentor Huebner Title Designer
Sound Ted Sebern Music Editor
Production Michael Shurtleff Casting Consultant
Sound Eddie Sauter Orchestrator
Sound Sherman Edwards Original Music Composer
Crew Onna White Choreographer
Sound Ray Heindorf Music Supervisor
Sound Ray Heindorf Conductor
Production Jack L. Warner Producer

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