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1776

1972, Movie, G, 141 mins

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Neither particularly entertaining nor historically accurate, this is a musical attempt at reconstructing the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. The founding fathers are depicted as a less than exemplary lot, given to weakness and vices but nonetheless committed to liberty. At least, most of them are, and none more than John Adams (William Daniels), the Second Continental Congress' prime advocate of independence from England. Adams' abrasive personality works agains... read more leave a comment
Year: 1972
Rated G

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Cast
William Daniels: John Adams
David Ford: John Hancock
Howard Da Silva: Benjamin Franklin
Donald Madden: John Dickinson
Emory Bass: James Wilson
Ken Howard: Thomas Jefferson

 

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