The Day Lincoln Was Shot
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a 1998 film made for the TV channel TNT and directed by John Gray. It is a re-creation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It is based on the book by Jim Bishop. It stars Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth.
[edit] Cast
- Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln
- Donna Murphy as Mary Lincoln
- Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth
- Wil Wheaton as Robert Lincoln
- Titus Welliver as Lewis Paine
- Jaimz Woolvet as David Herold
- Jeremy Sisto as Frederick W. Seward
- Kirk B. R. Woller as George Atzerodt
- John Pleshette as William H. Seward
- Gregory Itzin as William Crook
- Adam Lamberg as Tad Lincoln
- John Ashton as Ulysses S. Grant
- Eddie Jones as Edwin M. Stanton
- Nancy Robinette as Mary Surratt
[edit] Previous version
The book had previously been adapted in 1956 as a live television play starring Raymond Massey as Lincoln, Lilian Gish as Mary, and Jack Lemmon as John Wilkes Booth. It was telecast on the CBS anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.
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