They've Killed President Lincoln! (1971)

The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.

Director:

Robert Guenette

Writers:

Robert Guenette, Theodore Strauss

Stars:

Richard Basehart, Richard Bauer, Mark D'Angelo

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Credited cast:
Richard Basehart	...	Host / Narrator
Richard Bauer	...	Colonel Porter
Mark D'Angelo	...	Samuel Chester
Brian Donohue	...	Bartender
Jill Eikenberry	...	Anne Surratt
Morris Engle	...	Gideon Welles
Michael Fairman	...	Major Eckert
Liesel Flashenberg	...	Cast of Our American Cousin
Grayce Grant	...	Asia Booth Clark
Dorothea Hammond	...	Mary Lincoln
Donald Hotten	...	Charles Dana
Tom Kocherry	...	Cast of Our American Cousin
Joseph Leisch Jr.	...	Abraham Lincoln
Robert Leonard	...	John Wilkes Booth
Carol Marney	...	Cast of Our American Cousin

Storyline

Hosted and narrated by Richard Basehart, this dramatization of the events leading up to and following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States, takes the form of a documentary as it might have looked and sounded in 1865, had motion pictures existed back then. Utilizing simulated footage and, in some cases, genuine historical photographs, this TV special speculates that assassin John Wilkes Booth was part of a broad conspiracy against the president, and that if such a conspiracy did exist, that Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton may have been involved somehow. Includes recreated excerpts of "Our American Cousin," the play Lincoln was watching at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., the night that history was forever and irrevocably altered.

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Plot Keywords:

abraham lincoln character | john wilkes booth character | mary todd lincoln character | president | lincoln assassination | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1971 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

David L. Wolper Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Robert Prosky's TV debut.

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