Director: Peter H. Hunt

Writer: Peter Stone

From a play: 1776 by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, with book by Peter Stone

Music and Lyrics by: Sherman Edwards

Producer: Jack L. Warner

Keywords: Drama, American Revolution

Musical version of the events leading up the the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Though Jefferson wrote most of the document, 1776 centers on John Adams, a difficult man by any measure. Adapted from the successful Broadway play which played over 1200 performances from 1969 to 1972. View the Director's Cut if possible. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard Caine	Actor	2-Jan-1928	28-Dec-1993	Maj. Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes
John Cullum	Actor	2-Mar-1930		Holling Vincoeur on Northern Exposure
William Daniels	Actor	31-Mar-1927		Voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider
Blythe Danner	Actor	3-Feb-1943		Futureworld
Ken Howard	Actor	28-Mar-1944	23-Mar-2016	The White Shadow
James Noble	Actor	5-Mar-1922	28-Mar-2016	Gov. Gatling on Benson
Howard Da Silva	Actor	4-May-1909	16-Feb-1986	Bartender in The Lost Weekend

CAST

Starring
William Daniels	...   John Adams
Howard Da Silva	...   Benjamin Franklin
Ken Howard	...   Thomas Jefferson
Donald Madden	...   John Dickinson
John Cullum	...   Edward Rutledge
Roy Poole	...   Stephen Hopkins
David Ford	...   CJohn Hancock
Ron Holgate	...   Richard Henry Lee
Ray Middleton	...   Thomas McKean
William Hansen	...   Caesar Rodney
Blythe Danner	...   Martha Jefferson
Virginia Vestoff	...   Abigail Adams
Emory Bass	...   James Wilson
Ralston Hill	...   Charles Thomson
Howard Caine	...   Lewis Morris
Patrick Hines	...   Samuel Chase
William Duell	...   Andrew McNair
Daniel Keyes	...   Josiah Bartlett
Leo Leyden	...   George Read
Stephen Nathan	...   Courier
Jonathan Moore	...   Lyman Hall
James Noble	...   Jonathan Witherspoon
John Myhers	...   Robert Livingston
Rex Robbins	...   Roger Sherman
Charles Rule	...   Joseph Hewes

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