1776 (1972)
2h 21m
Running Time
November 9, 1972Release Date
1776 (1972)
2h 21m
Running Time
November 9, 1972Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
William Daniels
John Adams (MA)
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA)
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
Ken Howard
Thomas Jefferson (VA)
Donald Madden
John Dickinson (PA)
John Cullum
Edward Rutledge (SC)
Roy Poole
Stephen Hopkins (RI)
David Ford
Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
Ron Holgate
Richard Henry Lee (VA)
Ray Middleton
Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (DE)
Peter H. Hunt
Director
Virginia Vestoff
Abigail Adams
Peter Stone
Writer
Howard Caine
Lewis Morris (NY)
Stephen Nathan
Courier
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
Content RatingG
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$2,800,000
Genres
Wiki.
1776 is a 1972 American historical musical comedy drama film directed by Peter H. Hunt and written by Peter Stone, based on his book for the 1969 Broadway musical of the same name, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards. Set in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776, it is a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The film stars William Daniels, Howard da Silva, Donald Madden, John Cullum, Ken Howard and Blythe Danner.
Portions of dialogue and some lyrics were taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants of the Second Continental Congress.
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