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1776

Release Date:November 17, 1972

Running Time:141 min

Genres:Drama, History

Director

Cast

William Daniels Howard Da Silva Ken Howard Blythe Danner Donald Madden John Cullum David Ford Ron Holgate Emory Bass Virginia Vestoff William Hansen Roy Poole

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Synopsis

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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