Poster of 1776

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.

Release Date: 1972-11-09

Original Language: en

Genres: Drama History

Rating:

Popularity:

5.444

Cast Members

Howard Da Silva

Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Ken Howard

Thomas Jefferson

Blythe Danner

Martha Jefferson

Donald Madden

John Dickinson (PA)

John Cullum

Edward Rutledge (SC)

David Ford

Congressional President John Hancock (MA)

Ron Holgate

Richard Henry Lee (VA)

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)

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

Daniel Keyes

Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)

Rex Robbins

Roger Sherman (CT)

Leo Leydon

George Read (DE)

Charles Rule

Joseph Hewes (NC)

Patrick Hines

Samuel Chase (MD)