poster

1972

G (11/09/1972) (US)

Drama, History,

2h 21m

68

User Score

The award winning musical comes to the screen!

Overview

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.

1972

68

User Score

G (11/09/1972) (US)

Drama, History,

2h 21m

The award winning musical comes to the screen!

Overview

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.

Cast

William Daniels

William Daniels

John Adams

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva

Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Ken Howard

Ken Howard

Thomas Jefferson

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Martha Jefferson

Donald Madden

Donald Madden

John Dickinson (PA)

John Cullum

John Cullum

Edward Rutledge (SC)

David Ford

David Ford

Congressional President John Hancock (MA)

Ron Holgate

Ron Holgate

Richard Henry Lee (VA)

Emory Bass

Emory Bass

James Wilson (PA)

Virginia Vestoff

Virginia Vestoff

Abigail Adams

William Hansen

William Hansen

Caesar Rodney (DE)

Roy Poole

Roy Poole

Stephen Hopkins (RI)

Ray Middleton

Ray Middleton

Col. Thomas McKean (DE)

Ralston Hill

Ralston Hill

Charles Thomson

William Duell

William Duell

Andrew McNair

James Noble

James Noble

Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)

Howard Caine

Howard Caine

Lewis Morris (NY)

Peter Forster

Peter Forster

Oliver Wolcott (CT)

John Myhers

John Myhers

Robert Livingston