John Adams
16/03/2008

Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Cast


Paul Giamatti
John Adams


Laura Linney
Abigail Adams


Stephen Dillane
Thomas Jefferson


Danny Huston
Samuel Adams


David Morse
George Washington


Sarah Polley
Abigail Adams Smith


Tom Wilkinson
Benjamin Franklin


Steven Hinkle
Young John Quincy Adams


Madeline Taylor
Young Nabby Adams


John Dossett
Benjamin Rush


Ebon Moss-Bachrach
John Quincy Adams


Samuel Barnett
Thomas Adams


Andrew Scott
Colonel William Smith


Kevin Trainor
Charles Adams


Mamie Gummer
Sally Smith Adams
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