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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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DocumentaryHistory
Overview
Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in on his assassin, the twenty-six-year-old actor, John Wilkes Booth. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln tracks the converging paths of the president and his killer, then tracks and draws connections between their last journeys, in the forms of Lincoln's funeral train route and Booth's desperate efforts to escape.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2009-02-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
4.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Will Patton
John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
Guy Gane
John Wilkes Booth
Jason Roberts
David Herold
Alexander Fedorchak
Young John Wilkes Booth
Chris Cooper
Himself (Narrator)
Terry Alford
Himself
David Blight
Himself
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