1776 (1972) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Peter H. Hunt.

Cast

• William Daniels as John Adams
• Howard Da Silva as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
• Ken Howard as Thomas Jefferson
• Blythe Danner as Martha Jefferson
• Donald Madden as John Dickinson (PA)
• John Cullum as Edward Rutledge (SC)
• David Ford as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
• Ron Holgate as Richard Henry Lee (VA)
• 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
• 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
• Daniel Keyes as Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
• Rex Robbins as Roger Sherman (CT)
• Leo Leydon as George Read (DE)
• Charles Rule as Joseph Hewes (NC)
• Patrick Hines as Samuel Chase (MD)
• Jonathan Moore as Dr. Lyman Hall

Crew

• Peter H. Hunt — Director
• Peter Stone — Screenplay
• Sherman Edwards — Original Music Composer
• Harry Stradling Jr. — Director of Photography
• Jack L. Warner — Producer

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