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1776

17761972

★6.9141 minDramaHistory

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.

Director

Writer

Score

Sherman Edwards

Stars

William Daniels Howard Da Silva Ken Howard

Cast26

William Daniels
as John Adams
Howard Da Silva
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Ken Howard
as Thomas Jefferson
Blythe Danner
as Martha Jefferson
D
Donald Madden
as John Dickinson (PA)
John Cullum
as Edward Rutledge (SC)
David Ford
as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
R
Ron Holgate
as Richard Henry Lee (VA)
E
Emory Bass
as James Wilson (PA)
Virginia Vestoff
as Abigail Adams
William Hansen
as Caesar Rodney (DE)
Roy Poole
as Stephen Hopkins (RI)
Ray Middleton
as Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Stephen Nathan
as Courier
R
Ralston Hill
as Charles Thomson
William Duell
as Andrew McNair
James Noble
as Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Howard Caine
as Lewis Morris (NY)
Peter Forster
as Oliver Wolcott (CT)
John Myhers
as Robert Livingston
D
Daniel Keyes
as Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Rex Robbins
as Roger Sherman (CT)
L
Leo Leydon
as George Read (DE)
C
Charles Rule
as Joseph Hewes (NC)
P
Patrick Hines
as Samuel Chase (MD)
J
Jonathan Moore
as Dr. Lyman Hall

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