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
John Adams
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Ken Howard
Thomas Jefferson
Blythe Danner
Martha Jefferson
Donald Madden
John Dickinson (PA)
John Cullum
Edward Rutledge (SC)
David Ford
Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
Ron Holgate
Richard Henry Lee (VA)
Emory Bass
James Wilson (PA)
Virginia Vestoff
Abigail Adams
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (DE)
Roy Poole
Stephen Hopkins (RI)
Ray Middleton
Col. Thomas McKean (DE)
Stephen Nathan
Courier
Ralston Hill
Charles Thomson
William Duell
Andrew McNair
James Noble
Rev. John Witherspoon (NJ)
Howard Caine
Lewis Morris (NY)
Peter Forster
Oliver Wolcott (CT)
John Myhers
Robert Livingston
Daniel Keyes
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH)
Rex Robbins
Roger Sherman (CT)
Leo Leydon
George Read (DE)
Charles Rule
Joseph Hewes (NC)
Patrick Hines
Samuel Chase (MD)
Crew
Peter H. Hunt
Director
Peter Stone
Screenplay, Theatre Play
William H. Ziegler
Supervising Film Editor
Florence Williamson
Editor
Harry Stradling Jr.
Director of Photography
Sheldon Schrager
Assistant Director
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Michael Shurtleff
Casting Consultant
Patricia Zipprodt
Costume Design
Mickey Sherrard
Costumer
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist
Ernest Adler
Hairstylist
Allan Snyder
Makeup Artist
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound
Al Overton Jr.
Sound
Sherman Edwards
Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play
Ray Heindorf
Music Supervisor, Conductor
Ted Sebern
Music Editor
George James Hopkins
Set Decoration
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Onna White
Choreographer
Emmett Emerson
Unit Production Manager
Mentor Huebner
Title Designer
George Jenkins
Art Direction
Eddie Sauter
Orchestrator
