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

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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The Lincoln League

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Based on the true story of John Scobell, one of the first African American spies in our nation’s intelligence service. In 1861, President Lincoln commissions his spymaster Allan Pinkerton to incorporate a new network of African American spies. This group, operating right under the noses of their Southern masters, comes to be known as The Royal Lincoln League.

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The Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 2025

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.

4.1

Death of a Nation

Aug 3, 2018

Parallels are drawn between Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump. Not since 1860 have the Democrats so fanatically refused to accept the result of a free election. That year, their target was Lincoln. They smeared him. They went to war to defeat him. In the end, they assassinated him.

6.8

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Feb 28, 1936

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

6.8

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Feb 22, 1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.

7.2

Young Mr. Lincoln

Jun 9, 1939

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

4.5

A Failure at Fifty

Jul 1, 1940

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

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Lavender Men

May 2, 2025

Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head — only to learn that she can’t hide from her own present-day demons in the shadows of someone else’s past.

6.8

Lincoln

Nov 9, 2012

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

6.0

Lincoln in the White House

Feb 11, 1939

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

6.2

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Jun 11, 2022

Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.

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The Great Man's Whiskers

May 2, 1972

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Feb 11, 2017

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief reunion. Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed author George Saunders.

5.8

Of Human Hearts

Feb 11, 1938

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

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The Higher Mercy

Sep 10, 1912

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.

5.4

Abraham Lincoln

Nov 8, 1930

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

5.6

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Oct 1, 1977

Speculates that John Wilkes Booth, murderer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.

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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

Feb 2, 1924

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.