Independence

Overview

John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through vignettes, the people and events are re-created for the present-day visitor. Featuring Eli Wallach as Benjamin Franklin.

Cast

Eli Wallach

Benjamin Franklin

Pat Hingle

John Adams

Ken Howard

Thomas Jefferson

William Atherton

Benjamin Rush

E.G. Marshall

Narrator

James Tolkan

Tom Paine

Anne Jackson

Abigail Adams

John Randolph

Samuel Adams

Patrick O'Neal

George Washington

Donald Symington

Richard Henry Lee