The Adams Chronicles (1976)

Plot

Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.

Cast

• Anne Howard BaileyNarrator (voice)
• George HearnHenry Clay
• Allan CarlsenJohn Adams II
• George GrizzardJohn Adams
• William DanielsJohn Quincy Adams
• Pamela Payton-WrightLouisa Catherine Adams
• Wesley AddyAndrew Jackson
• W.B. BrydonSamuel Adams
• Nancy MarchandMrs. Smith
• Jean-Pierre StewartAlexis de Toqueville
• Tim WilsonYoung John II
• Michael O'HareRichard Cranch
• John TillingerKing George III
• Kathryn WalkerAbigail Smith Adams
• Lisa LucasYoung Abigail II
• Katharine HoughtonAbigail Adams II
• Curt DawsonJohn Hancock
• Patrick HorganLord Howe

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  Miniseries13 episodes · 1976