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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
Henry B. Walthall | George Siegmann | Robert Harron | Wilfred Lucas | Arthur V. Johnson | Owen Moore | Mack Sennett | George Nichols | D.W. Griffith | Mary Pickford | Kate Bruce | James Kirkwood | Billy Quirk | Florence Lawrence | Gertrude Robinson | Lottie Pickford