1776

6.8
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 141 min
  • Premiere: 1972. November 9.

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

John Adams

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)

Art

George Jenkins

Art Direction

George James Hopkins

Set Decoration

Mentor Huebner

Title Designer

Camera

Harry Stradling Jr.

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Patricia Zipprodt

Costume Design

Ernest Adler

Hairstylist

Allan Snyder

Makeup Artist

Carmen Dirigo

Hairstylist

Crew

Onna White

Choreographer

Directing

Peter H. Hunt

Director

Sheldon Schrager

Assistant Director

Marshall Schlom

Script Supervisor

Editing

William H. Ziegler

Supervising Film Editor

Production

Emmett Emerson

Unit Production Manager

Michael Shurtleff

Casting Consultant

Jack L. Warner

Producer

Sound

Ted Sebern

Music Editor

Eddie Sauter

Orchestrator

Sherman Edwards

Original Music Composer

Ray Heindorf

Music Supervisor

Ray Heindorf

Conductor

Writing

Peter Stone

Screenplay

Peter Stone

Theatre Play

Sherman Edwards

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