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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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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.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

09 February 2009

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Cast

Will Patton

Will Patton

John Wilkes Booth (Voice)

Guy Gane

Guy Gane

John Wilkes Booth

Jason Roberts

Jason Roberts

David Herold

Alexander Fedorchak

Alexander Fedorchak

Young John Wilkes Booth

Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper

Himself (Narrator)

Terry Alford

Terry Alford

Himself

David Blight

David Blight

Himself

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