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1776
The award winning musical comes to the screen!
6.9(89)19722h 21m
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.
- Director
- Peter H. Hunt
- Writers
- Peter Stone
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Cast
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)
Stephen Nathan
Courier
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)
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Crew
Directing
- Peter H. HuntDirector
- Sheldon SchragerAssistant Director
- Marshall SchlomScript Supervisor
Writing
- Sherman EdwardsTheatre Play
- Peter StoneScreenplay
- Peter StoneTheatre Play
Production
- Michael ShurtleffCasting Consultant
- Emmett EmersonUnit Production Manager
- Jack L. WarnerProducer
Camera
- Harry Stradling Jr.Director of Photography
Editing
- Florence WilliamsonEditor
- William H. ZieglerSupervising Film Editor
Sound
- Sherman EdwardsSongs
- Sherman EdwardsOriginal Music Composer
- Ted SebernMusic Editor
- Eddie SauterOrchestrator
- Al Overton Jr.Sound
- Ray HeindorfMusic Supervisor
- Arthur PiantadosiSound
- Ray HeindorfConductor
Art
- Mentor HuebnerTitle Designer
- George James HopkinsSet Decoration
- George JenkinsArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Patricia ZipprodtCostume Design
- Carmen DirigoHairstylist
- Allan SnyderMakeup Artist
- Mickey SherrardCostumer
- Ernest AdlerHairstylist
Crew
- Onna WhiteChoreographer