The Day Lincoln Was Shot

The Day Lincoln Was Shot is a 1998 film made for the TV channel TNT and directed by John Gray. It is a re-creation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It is based on the book by Jim Bishop. It stars Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln and Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth.

Cast

• Lance Henriksen as Abraham Lincoln
• Donna Murphy as Mary Lincoln
• Rob Morrow as John Wilkes Booth
• Wil Wheaton as Robert Lincoln
• Titus Welliver as Lewis Paine
• Jaimz Woolvet as David Herold
• Jeremy Sisto as Frederick W. Seward
• Kirk B. R. Woller as George Atzerodt
• John Pleshette as William H. Seward
• Gregory Itzin as William Crook
• Adam Lamberg as Tad Lincoln
• John Ashton as Ulysses S. Grant
• Eddie Jones as Edwin M. Stanton
• Nancy Robinette as Mary Surratt

Previous version

The book had previously been adapted in 1956 as a live television play starring Raymond Massey as Lincoln, Lilian Gish as Mary, and Jack Lemmon as John Wilkes Booth. It was telecast on the CBS anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.

External links

• The Day Lincoln Was Shot at IMDB
• The Day Lincoln Was Shot at TNT