Plot Summary

Cliff Robertson narrates this dramatization focuses on the little-known life-and-death struggle of power between President Lincoln and his general in command of the Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, and the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Movie Details

Original Title
Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

Cliff Robertson as Narrator(voice)

Cliff Robertson

Narrator(voice)

John Anderson as President Lincoln

John Anderson

President Lincoln

Robert Prosky as Secretary of War Stanton

Robert Prosky

Secretary of War Stanton

Richard Sanders as Minister Adams

Richard Sanders

Minister Adams

Doug Roberts as Corporal Mitchell

Doug Roberts

Corporal Mitchell

Max Wright as Horace Greeley

Max Wright

Horace Greeley

Bryan Clark as General Kearney

Bryan Clark

General Kearney

Norman Fitz as Frederick Douglass

Norman Fitz

Frederick Douglass

Mark Hammer as Senator Wade

Mark Hammer

Senator Wade

Production Companies

David L. Wolper Productions