1776
1972
Peter H. Hunt
★★★
141
America's first Congress in struggle for independence from Britain provides framework for this unique musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone. Almost all of the original Broadway cast remain, with Daniels as John Adams and da Silva as Benjamin Franklin leading the pack. Laserdisc version ran 176m., incorporating footage director Hunt was forced to cut from original release; he then surpervised a revised edition for DVD running 166m.
[G]
William Daniels, Howard da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, Ron Holgate, David Ford, Blythe Danner, Roy Poole, Virginia Vestoff, John Cullum
Musical
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