Lincoln: Trial by Fire

Name: Lincoln: Trial by Fire
Director: Ed Spiegel
Genre: History
Released: 1974-01-20
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Cliff Robertson, John Anderson, Robert Prosky, Richard Sanders, Doug Roberts

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1974 · 50 min · History

Overview

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.

Directed by Ed Spiegel

Cast

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