The Day Lincoln Was Shot
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Cast & Crew
John Gray
Rob Morrow
Lance Henriksen
Donna Murphy
Jon Tindle
John Healey
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Synopsis
Minute-by-minute account of the moments leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, from the perspective of Lincoln and his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln met with his cabinet and signed an executive order lifting the blockade of the South. That evening, he took wife Mary Todd Lincoln to see a new play, "Our American Cousin," at Ford's Theatre in downtown Washington. While watching the play, he was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Southern patriot. Also recreates Booth's dash for freedom and the showdown that ended in his death.
Director
John Gray
Cast
Rob Morrow
Lance Henriksen
Donna Murphy
Jon Tindle
John Healey
Scott Allen Rinker
John Ashton
O'mara Leary
Doug O'lear
Eddie Jones
Bob Child
Jaimz Woolvett
Tom Quinn
Marty Lodge
Brad Waller
Melvin L Cauthen
John Pleshette
Kevin Murray
Tom Carlin
Mercedes Herrero
Martha Thimmesch
Jeremy Sisto
Nancy Robinnette
Bob Supan
Adam Lamberg
Joseph S Eubanks
Perry Laylon Ojeda
Jaqueline Jones
John Lescault
David Bryan Jackson
Kirk B. R. Woller
Jean Louisa Kelly
Meike Ter Poorten
Wil Wheaton
Andrew Krish
Richard Pilcher
Jason Bowcutt
Gregory Itzin
Sean Baldwin
Dan Depaola
Terry Wells
Gary Wheeler
Carter Jahncke
Michael Noel
Titus Welliver
John Moon
Crew
Wayne Artman
Vivian Baker
Maxine Bergen
Jim Bishop
Richard Blakenship
Michael T Boyd
Jennifer Jean Cacavas
Dana Campbell
Jeff Charbonneau
Mike Clark
Peter Clarson
Mark Cottrell
David Crank
Maxann Crotts
Tyler Daum
Sean Doyle
Carrie Durose
Mary H. Ellis
Dick Feury
Bill Fibben
Bob Foster
Ron Garcia
Ray Giron
Bradley H Gordon
Mike Graham
John Gray
Robert Greenwald
Michael Grigsby
Jay Guerra
William Hanchett
Robert L Harman
Bob Harper
Sally J Harper
Barbara Harris
Olivia Harris
Benita Hofstetter
Shawn Howell
Doug Hyun
Pat James
Helen Jervey
Mindy Johnson
Frank Jones
Kristi Jones
Thomas Kane
Thomas Kane
Jeff Kay
Jay Kemp
Rachel Kick
Philip Kleinbart
Wendy Kurtzman
Joseph Melody
Tim Metcalfe
Timothy Metivier
Stanley L Moore
Doug Nicely
Betty J Owensby
Tina Paul
Frederic Perrin
Marthe Pineau
Brian Pohanka
Michael Rizzo
Michael Schorr
Elizabeth Selzer
Douglas Cash Sloan
Roy Smith
Mark Snow
Mike Stailey
Jeff Transki
Scott Vickrey
Caleb Womble
Dennis Zoppe
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Aired in United States April 12, 1998
Released in United States on Video September 8, 1998