THEY'VE KILLED PRESIDENT LINCOLN! (TV)

Summary

A special program concerned with the "how, who, and why" of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The assassination conspiracy is examined, and the events are re-enacted. The program includes background information on John Wilkes Booth, Secretary of War Stanton, the shooting of Lincoln, Booth's flight and subsequent death, and chronicles what became of the people involved in, and affected by, the President's death. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: NBC
• DATE: February 12, 1971 Friday 7:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:58:08
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T77:0228
• GENRE: Education/Information; Public affairs/Documentaries
• SUBJECT HEADING: Assassination; Docudrama
• SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1971
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Quaker Oats products

CREDITS

• Warren Bush … Executive Producer
• Robert Guenette … Producer, Director, Writer
• Paul Asselin … Associate Producer
• Theodore Strauss … Writer
• Richard Basehart … Narrator
• Joseph Leisch … Cast, Abraham Lincoln
• Robert Leonard … Cast, John Wilkes Booth
• Robert Prosky … Cast, Edwin Stanton
• Richard Bauer … Cast, Colonel Porter
• Mark D'Angelo … Cast, Samuel Chester
• Brian Donohue … Cast, Bartender
• Morris Engle … Cast, Gideon Wells
• Michael Fairman … Cast, Major Eckert
• Grayce Grant … Cast, Asia Booth Clark
• Dorothea Hammond … Cast, Mary Todd Lincoln
• Donald Hotten … Cast, Charles Dana
• Gregg Nickerson … Cast, Robert Lincoln
• Richard Sanders … Cast, Dr. Leale
• Donegan Smith … Cast, Captain Gleason
• Cynthia Thomas … Cast, Laura Keene
• Michael Tucker … Cast, General Grant
• Peter Vogt … Cast, Hotel Clerk
• Liesel Flashenberg … Cast, "Our American Cousin" Actor
• Carol Marney … Cast, "Our American Cousin" Actor
• Tom Kocherry … Cast, "Our American Cousin" Actor
• Claire Melley … Cast, "Our American Cousin" Actor
• George Wilson … Cast, "Our American Cousin" Actor