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1776 (1972) A al retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare

1776 (1972)

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.

Cast:
John Adams (MA): William Daniels
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA): Howard Da Silva
Thomas Jefferson (VA): Ken Howard
John Dickinson (PA): Donald Madden
Edward Rutledge (SC): John Cullum
Stephen Hopkins (RI): Roy Poole
Congressional President John Hancock (MA): David Ford
Richard Henry Lee (VA): Ron Holgate
Col. Thomas McKean (DE): Ray Middleton
Caesar Rodney (DE): William Hansen
Martha Jefferson: Blythe Danner
Abigail Adams: Virginia Vestoff
Judge James Wilson (PA): Emory Bass
Congressional Secretary Charles Thomson: Ralston Hill
Lewis Morris (NY): Howard Caine
Samuel Chase (MD): Patrick Hines
Andrew McNair, Congressional Custodian: William Duell
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH): Daniel Keyes
George Read (DE): Leo Leyden
Courier: Stephen Nathan
Dr. Lyman Hall (GA): Jonathan Moore
Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ): James Noble
Robert Livingston (NY): John Myhers
Roger Sherman (CT): Rex Robbins
Joseph Hewes (NC): Charles Rule
William Paca (MD): Andy Albin
Thomas Heyward, Jr. (SC): William Bassett
South Carolina Delegate: Nicolas Coster
John Penn (NC): Jack De Mave
Thomas Lynch, Jr. (SC): Gordon De Vol
Samuel Huntington (CT): Frederic Downs
Oliver Wolcott (CT): Peter Forster
William Whipple (NH): John Holland
Charles Carroll (MD): Heber Jentzsch
Francis Lewis (NY): Richard McMurray
Leather Apron: Mark Montgomery
George Walton (GA): Barry O'Hara
Francis Hopkinson (NJ): Dick O'Shea
William Hooper (NC): Jordan Rhodes
Richard Stockton (NJ): Fred Slyter

Written by: Peter Stone, Sherman Edwards

Director: Peter H. Hunt

Production: Columbia Pictures, Jack L. Warner Productions

Release date: 17 Nov 1972
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