The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth
Dec 27 2007
•2h 30m
•Documentary
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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Jean-Pierre Parent
John Wilkes Booth
Shaun C. Grenan
David Herold
Janet Vincent Lee
Mary Surratt
Ed Mantell
Bounty Hunter
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