The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

David Balsiger (book)
Jonathan Cobbler (writer)

Release Date:

October 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

You know the story ---- now see the FACTS! The truth behind the assassination of President Lincoln.

Plot:

Sunn Classics "speculative fiction" film proposing a theory that the killer of Abe Lincoln escaped to...

Plot Keywords:

Canada | Assassination Plot | Mary Todd Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1860s

Cast

Bradford Dillman	...	John Wilkes Booth
John Dehner	...	Colonel Lafayette C. Baker
John Anderson	...	Abraham Lincoln
Robert Middleton	...	Edwin M. Stanton
James Green	...	Capt. James William Boyd
Whit Bissell	...	Sen. John Conness
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Allport	...	Michael O'Laughlin
E.J. André	...	Rep. Thaddeus Stevens
Bruce Atkins	...	John Parker
Charlie Briggs	...	Andrew Potter
Paul Brown	...	Thomas Caldwell
Howard Brunner	...	Louis J. Weichmann
Fred Buch	...	Capt. D.H. Gleason
Dick Callinan	...	Sen. Benjamin Wade
John Cooler	...	Maj. Henry Rathbone
Brad Crandall	...	Narrator
Liz Dent	...	Clara Harris
Bill Dial	...	George Atzerodt
Joe Dorsey	...	Lt. Edward P. Doherty
J. Don Ferguson	...	Lt. Luther Baker
Dan Fitzgerald	...	Sanford Conover
Ralph Flanders	...	Richard Garrett
Jerry Fleck	...	Edward Spangler
Frances Fordham	...	Mary Todd Lincoln
Randolph R. Gordon	...	Lincoln's coach driver
Fred Grandy	...	David Herold
William H. Gribble	...	Capt. Willie Jett
Mark Harris	...	Luther Potter
Ned Hartnett	...	Christopher C. Auger
Ted Henning	...	Robert Campbell
Marshall Hilliard	...	Boy #1
Mimi Honce	...	Mary Surratt
Maurice Hunt	...	Rep. A.J. Rogers
Billy J. Johnson	...	Sen. Zachariah Chandler
Ben Jones	...	Samuel Arnold
Doug Kaye	...	Lincoln's Secretary
Ken Kercheval	...	John Surratt
Edmund Lupinski	...	Edwin Henson (as Ed Lupinski)
John MacKay	...	James Merritt
Ben Mayo	...	Richard Montgomery
Greg Oliver	...	Rep. George Julian (as Gregory J. Oliver)
Larry Quackenbush	...	Harry Ford
Frank Schuller	...	Lt. Everton Conger
Sonny Shroyer	...	Lewis Paine
Albert Smith	...	Ferryman
Bill Travis	...	Sen. George Boutwell
Len Wayland	...	Ward H. Lamon
Wallace K. Wilkinson	...	Dr. Samuel Mudd
Patrick M. Wright	...	Maj. Thomas Eckert (as Patrick Wright)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Fort Pulaski, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Sunn Classic Pictures

Trivia:

Final film of Robert Middleton.

In Search For JWB

I have seen this movie and the "Unsolved Mysteries" re-enactment and read the book and all of the comments, but I'm afraid I just can't accept this material for what it's worth. the movie is a great alternate myth to the question of there was a conspiracy, but Booth was shot at Garrett's farm. Every theory that purports he wasn't so far has claimed that he was transported under a blanket on a wagon at one point in his flight. In truth, he was on horseback for most of the time with his partner Lewis Paine, rowing in a canoe and then back on horseback until the farm. Upon dying, his final words on the Garret porch before witnesses were to his mother. He never refuted his identity with any of his last breaths. I have also been unable to locate the existence of the so-called James William Boyd, but then if he did exist, it would have to have been very convenient for both of them to have their initials tattooed into their hands as Booth was know to have. Still, I do like the movie; John Anderson has made a long career playing Lincoln. Only few men, Roy Dotrice and Lance Henriksen among others, can actually steal his thunder. Bradford Dillman was a fair Booth but I've seen better [the one in Henriksen's movie was sharp], and versatile John Dehner really captures his role in the movie. If you pay close attention, you'll also see Sonny Shroyer long before he played Enos on "The Dukes of Hazzard."