History · United States of America · 1974 · 50m

Lincoln: Trial by Fire

Director

Cast

Cliff Robertson as Narrator(voice) John Anderson as President Lincoln Robert Prosky as Secretary of War Stanton Richard Sanders as Minister Adams Doug Roberts as Corporal Mitchell Max Wright as Horace Greeley

Crew

Theodore Strauss — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Ed Spiegel Director Theodore Strauss Writer

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