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.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · Written by D.W. Griffith
Your Rating
Cast
-
Owen Moore Colonial Army Messenger -
James Kirkwood Messenger's Father -
Mary Pickford Messenger's Sister -
D.W. Griffith -
Lottie Pickford -
Mack Sennett Hessian -
George Siegmann Hessian -
Henry B. Walthall -
Florence Lawrence -
Kate Bruce Soldier's Family -
Robert Harron Farmer -
Arthur V. Johnson Hessian
Make it a double feature
3h 27m together
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Both from D.W. Griffith.
More from D.W. GriffithSee all →
The Sorrows of Satan · 1926
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · 1916
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl · 1919
Orphans of the Storm · 1921
San Francisco · 1936
The King of Kings · 1927
Sally of the Sawdust · 1925
The Lonely Villa · 1909
The Birth of a Nation · 1915
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch · 1913
A Lodging for the Night · 1912
Abraham Lincoln · 1930
Martyrs of the Alamo · 1915
To Save Her Soul · 1909
Fifty-Fifty · 1916
Over the Hills to the Poor House · 1908More Like This
Couldn't load this row right now.
