1776, or The Hessian Renegades

10m
HistoryWarDrama
5.2

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors must then make plans to see that the important message gets through after all.

Cast

Owen Moore
Colonial Army Messenger
James Kirkwood
Messenger's Father
Mary Pickford
Messenger's Sister
D.W. Griffith
Unknown
Lottie Pickford
Unknown
Mack Sennett
Hessian
George Siegmann
Hessian
Henry B. Walthall
Unknown
Florence Lawrence
Unknown
Kate Bruce
Soldier's Family
Robert Harron
Farmer
Arthur V. Johnson
Hessian
Wilfred Lucas
Unknown
George Nichols
Hessian
Billy Quirk
Hessian
Gertrude Robinson
Soldier's Family

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director, Writer
Frank E. Woods
Writer
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Arthur Marvin
Director of Photography

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