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You'll be seeing stars and stripes as the most fascinating leaders in American history come to life in 1776, a musical about the birth of a nation! With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to convince a stubborn congress of British colonists to unite as American patriots turn the inevitable war with England into a Declaration of Independence!
Original Release
11/09/1972
US Release
11/09/1972
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Cast
Name | Character |
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William Daniels | John Adams (MA) / John Adams |
Howard Da Silva | Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA) / Dr. Benjamin Franklin |
Ken Howard | Thomas Jefferson (VA) / Thomas Jefferson |
Donald Madden | John Dickinson (PA) |
John Cullum | Edward Rutledge (SC) |
Roy Poole | Stephen Hopkins (RI) |
David Ford | Congressional President John Hancock (MA) |
Ron Holgate | Richard Henry Lee (VA) |
Ray Middleton | Col. Thomas McKean (DE) |
William Hansen | Caesar Rodney (DE) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Daniels | John Adams (MA) / John Adams |
Howard Da Silva | Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA) / Dr. Benjamin Franklin |
Ken Howard | Thomas Jefferson (VA) / Thomas Jefferson |
Donald Madden | John Dickinson (PA) |
John Cullum | Edward Rutledge (SC) |
Roy Poole | Stephen Hopkins (RI) |
David Ford | Congressional President John Hancock (MA) |
Ron Holgate | Richard Henry Lee (VA) |
Ray Middleton | Col. Thomas McKean (DE) |
William Hansen | Caesar Rodney (DE) |
Blythe Danner | Martha Jefferson |
Virginia Vestoff | Abigail Adams |
Emory Bass | Judge James Wilson (PA) |
Ralston Hill | Congressional Secretary Charles Thomson |
Howard Caine | Lewis Morris (NY) |
Patrick Hines | Samuel Chase (MD) |
William Duell | Andrew McNair, Congressional Custodian |
Daniel Keyes | Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH) |
Leo Leyden | George Read (DE) |
Stephen Nathan | Courier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1973 | Oscar | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
1973 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |