The Spirit of '76 is a 1917 American silent film about the American Revolutionary War directed by Frank Montgomery and starring Adda Gleason and Howard Gaye. Produced by German-American film producer Robert Goldstein, the film would prove to be controversial upon release for its depiction of the British, and Goldstein was subsequently sent to a federal prison for violating the Espionage Act. No prints of the movie have been known to survive, and it is categorized as a lost film.