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The Lincoln Conspiracy is a 1977 film directed by James L. Conway that dramatizes certain conspiracy theories concerning the 1865 assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the 1977 book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr., the production stars Robert Middleton as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, John Dehner as Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, Bradford Dillman as John Wilkes Booth, Ted Henning as Robert Campbell, and John Anderson as Lincoln.[3]

The Lincoln Conspiracy
Directed by	James L. Conway
Written by	Jonathan Cobbler
Based on	The Lincoln Conspiracy by David W. Balsiger Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Produced by	Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Starring	Bradford Dillman John Dehner Robert Middleton Whit Bissell John Anderson
Cinematography	Hening Schellerup
Distributed by	Sunn Classic Pictures
Release date	October 5, 1977 (1977-10-05) [1]
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$5.6 million (US and Canada rentals)[2]

The hypothesis of the film is that, far from being the work of the ringleader of a lonely band of fanatics as most historians agree that it was, Lincoln's assassination was the result of a vast conspiracy involving Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Chief of National Police Colonel Lafayette Baker, and various Northern Senators and politicians who were determined to stop Lincoln from carrying out his lenient Reconstruction policies towards the South. The movie further proposes that the man killed at Garrett's farm in Virginia was not actually John Wilkes Booth, but instead was another man named James William Boyd.[3][4]

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Park City, Utah.[5]

Distribution

Sunn Classic Pictures departed from its normal four wall distribution strategy to demand up-front guarantees from theatres.[6][1]

See also

• The Lincoln Conspiracy (book)
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007 movie with similar plot)

References

External links

• The Lincoln Conspiracy at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Lincoln Conspiracy at IMDb
• The Lincoln Conspiracy at the TCM Movie Database
• Watch The Lincoln Conspiracy at the Internet Archive

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