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- Anne Howard Bailey Narrator (voice)
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George Hearn
Henry Clay
- Allan Carlsen John Adams II
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George Grizzard
John Adams
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William Daniels
John Quincy Adams
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Pamela Payton-Wright
Louisa Catherine Adams
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Wesley Addy
Andrew Jackson
- W.B. Brydon Samuel Adams
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Nancy Marchand
Mrs. Smith
- Jean-Pierre Stewart Alexis de Toqueville
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Tim Wilson
Young John II
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Michael O'Hare
Richard Cranch
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John Tillinger
King George III
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Kathryn Walker
Abigail Smith Adams
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Lisa Lucas
Young Abigail II
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Katharine Houghton
Abigail Adams II
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Curt Dawson
John Hancock
- Patrick Horgan Lord Howe
- M'el Dowd Madame Brillon
- K.C. Ligon Fanny
- Albert Stratton Thomas Jefferson
- David Elliott George Washington Adams
- Thomas Stewart Charles Francis Adams
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John Beal
Charles Francis Adams
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Nancy Coleman
Abigail Brooks Adams
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Michael Tolan
Narrator / Narrator (uncredited)
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Nicholas Pryor
John Quincy Adams II
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Robert Symonds
Benjamin Franklin
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Reid Shelton
Timothy Pickering
- Jeremiah Sullivan Alexander Hamilton
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Charles Siebert
Charles Francis Adams II
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Ken Kercheval
James Madison
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George Clooney
Henry Clay
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Addison Powell
The Reverend Smith
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James Noble
Jonathan Sewall
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John Houseman
Justice Gridley
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Pirie MacDonald
James Forrest
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Fred Stuthman
Judge
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Taina Elg
Comtesse de Vergennes
- Guy Sorel Comte de Vergennes
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Richard Cox
Colonel William Stephens Smith
- Don McHenry Sir Clement Cotterell Dormer
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Jack Gwillim
Lord Carmarthen
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Roberts Blossom
Carver
- Robin Pearson Rose Polly Jefferson
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Tom Aldredge
James McHenry
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Josef Sommer
Charles Lee
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Robert Prosky
Benjamin Stoddert
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Stephen Strimpell
Ames
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Louis Turenne
M. Hauteval
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Tom McDermott
Eldridge Gerry
- John McQuade General Charles Pinckney
- David O'Brien Oliver Wolcott
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Barton Heyman
Captain Beckford
- John Horn Lieutenant Mountgarret
- Paul Sparer Chancellor Nikolay Rumyantsev
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Christopher Lloyd
Tsar Alexandre I
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Valerie French
Countess Rostov
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Michael Kane
General Caulaincourt
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Rodman Flender
Charles Francis Adams