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The Day Lincoln Was Shot(1998)
Status: Released
Date: 1998-04-12
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Time: 1h 35m
Hatred so deep can be murder.
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A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
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United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Robert Greenwald Productions
Movie: The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rob Morrow
John Wilkes Booth
Lance Henriksen
Abraham Lincoln
Donna Murphy
Mary Todd Lincoln
Jean Louisa Kelly
Lucy Hale
Wil Wheaton
Robert Todd Lincoln
Titus Welliver
Lewis Thornton Paine
Jaimz Woolvett
David E. Herold
Jeremy Sisto
Frederick Seward
Kirk B.R. Woller
George A. Atzerodt
John Pleshette
William Henry Seward
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A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
Release Date
1998-04-12
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Hatred so deep can be murder.
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