Saving Lincoln

Saving Lincoln

101 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 15, 2013

The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.

Saving Lincoln

101 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 15, 2013

Saving Lincoln
The almost entirely true story of Abraham Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Lane Street Pictures, Pictures from the Fringe
Original title Saving Lincoln
Directors Salvador Litvak
Writers Nina Davidovich, Salvador Litvak

Cast

Tom Amandes

as Abraham Lincoln

Lea Coco

as Ward Hill Lamon

Penelope Ann Miller

as Mary Todd Lincoln

Bruce Davison

as William H. Seward

Creed Bratton

as Senator Charles Sumner

Saidah Arrika Ekulona

as Mrs. Elizabeth Keckly

Josh Stamberg

as Salmon P. Chase

Robert Craighead

as Edwin Stanton

Lew Temple

as Montgomery Blair

Michael Maize

as Billy Herndon

Steven Brand

as Ned Baker

Adam Croasdell

as Col. Elmer Ellsworth

Elijah Nelson

as Willie Lincoln

Joshua Rush

as Tad Lincoln

Joe Ochman

as Judge David Davis

Matthew Del Negro

as Nathaniel Rulough