
The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth
2007-12-27 · 90 min · ★ 8.0
Recalls the two week manhunt for John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theater in April 1865.
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- Tom Jennings
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- Tom Jennings Productions
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- United States of America
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- Released
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