1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1909-09-06
  • Runtime: 0h 10min
  • Director: D.W. Griffith

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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

  • Wilfred Lucas

  • George Nichols

    Hessian

  • Billy Quirk

    Hessian

  • Gertrude Robinson

    Soldier's Family