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.

• D.W. GriffithDirector
• D.W. GriffithWriter
• Frank E. WoodsWriter

• Owen MooreColonial Army Messenger
• James KirkwoodMessenger's Father
• Mary PickfordMessenger's Sister
• D.W. GriffithCast
• Lottie PickfordCast
• Mack SennettHessian
• George SiegmannHessian
• Henry B. WalthallCast
• Florence LawrenceCast
• Kate BruceSoldier's Family
• Robert HarronFarmer
• Arthur V. JohnsonHessian