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1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Overview
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.
Length 10 minutes
Actors
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 | George Nichols | Billy Quirk | Gertrude Robinson