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.
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
