1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)

Release Date: 1909-09-06
Runtime: 0h 10min
Production Company: American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Country: United States of America
Director: D.W. Griffith

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.