The Lincoln Conspiracy (film)

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. The film, which was based on the 1977 book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr., starred Robert Middleton as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, John Dehner as Col. Lafayette C. Baker, Bradford Dillman as John Wilkes Booth, and John Anderson as Lincoln.[3]

The Lincoln Conspiracy
Directed byJames L. Conway
Produced byCharles E. Sellier Jr.
Written byJonathan Cobbler
Based on
The Lincoln Conspiracy
by
  • David W. Balsiger
  • Charles E. Sellier Jr.
StarringBradford Dillman
John Dehner
Robert Middleton
Whit Bissell
John Anderson
CinematographyHening Schellerup
Distributed bySunn Classic Pictures
Release date
  • October 5, 1977 (1977-10-05)
[1]
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.6 million (US and Canada rentals)[2]

The hypothesis of the film was 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 professed that the man killed at Garrett's farm in Virginia was not John Wilkes Booth, but 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

References
  1. The Lincoln Conspiracy at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. pp. M170.
  3. Lawrence Van Gelder (October 6, 1977). "The Lincoln Conspiracy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  4. "The Lincoln Conspiracy: Review". TV Guide Online. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  5. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
  6. Silverman, Syd (January 4, 1978). "Show Biz Hits Grand Slam in 1977". Variety. p. 1.


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