1776 (1972)
2h 21m
Running Time
November 9, 1972Release Date
1776 (1972)
2h 21m
Running Time
November 9, 1972Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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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Cast & Crew.
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)
Patrick Hines
Samuel Chase (MD)
Peter H. Hunt
Director
Sherman Edwards
Theatre Play / Songs / Original Music Composer
Peter Stone
Screenplay / Theatre Play
Patricia Zipprodt
Costume Design
Florence Williamson
Editor
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist
Mentor Huebner
Title Designer
Michael Shurtleff
Casting Consultant
William H. Ziegler
Supervising Film Editor
Allan Snyder
Makeup Artist
Onna White
Choreographer
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Mickey Sherrard
Costumer
Ted Sebern
Music Editor
Emmett Emerson
Unit Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
Content RatingG
Budget$6,000,000
Box Office$2,800,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
philadelphia
based on a true story
based on play or musical
declaration of independence
congress
musical
18th century
founding fathers
Wiki.
1776 is a 1972 American historical musical 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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