The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

Cast

Dennis Weaver

as Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Susan Sullivan

as Frances Mudd

Richard Dysart

as Edwin Stanton

Michael McGuire

as Capt. Murdock

Nigel Davenport

as Colonel George Grenfell

Arthur Hill

as General Thomas Ewing

Larry Larson

as Riggins Thorpe

Mary Nell Santacroce

as Ellen Stanton

Clarence Thomas

as Nathaniel

Teddy Milford

as Andrew Mudd at Age 6

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