The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Apr 12, 1998

1h 35m

★ 6.8

Hatred so deep can be murder.

Overview

A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Robert Greenwald Productions

Turner Network Television

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Cast

John Wilkes Booth

Rob Morrow

Abraham Lincoln

Lance Henriksen

Mary Todd Lincoln

Donna Murphy

Lucy Hale

Jean Louisa Kelly

Robert Todd Lincoln

Wil Wheaton

Lewis Thornton Paine

Titus Welliver

David E. Herold

Jaimz Woolvett

Frederick Seward

Jeremy Sisto

George A. Atzerodt

Kirk B.R. Woller

William Henry Seward

John Pleshette

Mr. Crook

Gregory Itzin

Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln

Adam Lamberg

No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the boat landing of the White House lake, falls into the water and is saved from drowning by a young fellow named Jasper Brinton. When young Brinton carries Tad into the White House, the president is very grateful to him and says if there is anything that he can do for him at any time he will be glad to do it. Young Brinton's mother is an enthusiastic supporter of the Federal cause, and when the war breaks out, she urges her son to join the Union army. He has an inherent dread of danger and naturally hesitates. He finally enlists. On the battlefield his natural fear takes possession of him.

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