Drama / History /

Score: 68%( 79 votes )

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
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)