1776, or The Hessian Renegades
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, James Kirkwood, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith, Lottie Pickford, Mack Sennett, George Siegmann, Henry B. Walthall, Florence Lawrence, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron, Arthur V. Johnson, Wilfred Lucas
Crew: D.W. Griffith (Director), D.W. Griffith (Writer), Frank E. Woods (Writer), Billy Bitzer (Director of Photography), Arthur Marvin (Director of Photography)
