1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909During 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.
Acted in
Owen Moore
as Colonial Army Messenger
James Kirkwood
as Messenger's Father
Mary Pickford
as Messenger's Sister
D.W. Griffith
Lottie Pickford
Mack Sennett
as Hessian
George Siegmann
as Hessian
Henry B. Walthall
Florence Lawrence
Kate Bruce
as Soldier's Family
Robert Harron
as Farmer
Arthur V. Johnson
as Hessian
Wilfred Lucas
George Nichols
as Hessian
Billy Quirk
as Hessian
Gertrude Robinson
as Soldier's Family
