1776

• 6.856 Drama
• 1972-11-09
• 141 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Peter H. Hunt

Writer:

Peter Stone