The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth

Recalls the two week manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theater in April 1865.

Cast

Jean-Pierre Parent

as John Wilkes Booth

Shaun C. Grenan

as David Herold

Janet Vincent Lee

as Mary Surratt

Ed Mantell

as Bounty Hunter

John Neely

as Stanton

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