1776

The award winning musical comes to the screen!

Duration: 141 min

Release date: 1972-11-09

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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

William Daniels

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

as Dr. Benjamin Franklin

as Thomas Jefferson

as Martha Jefferson

as John Dickinson (PA)

as Edward Rutledge (SC)

as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)

as Richard Henry Lee (VA)

as James Wilson (PA)

Virginia Vestoff

Virginia Vestoff

as Abigail Adams

as Caesar Rodney (DE)

as Stephen Hopkins (RI)

as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)

as Charles Thomson

as Andrew McNair

as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

as Lewis Morris (NY)

as Oliver Wolcott (CT)

as Robert Livingston

as Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)

as Roger Sherman (CT)

as George Read (DE)

as Joseph Hewes (NC)

as Samuel Chase (MD)

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Sherman Edwards

Sherman Edwards

Sherman Edwards

Sherman Edwards

Arthur Piantadosi

Arthur Piantadosi

William H. Ziegler

William H. Ziegler

Supervising Film Editor

George James Hopkins

George James Hopkins

Sheldon Schrager

Sheldon Schrager

Assistant Director

Mickey Sherrard

Mickey Sherrard

Harry Stradling Jr.

Harry Stradling Jr.

Director of Photography

Michael Shurtleff

Michael Shurtleff

Casting Consultant

Patricia Zipprodt

Patricia Zipprodt

Florence Williamson

Florence Williamson

Unit Production Manager

Marshall Schlom

Marshall Schlom

Script Supervisor

Music Supervisor

Sherman Edwards

Sherman Edwards

Original Music Composer

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