Lincoln

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Lincoln

1992

4h 0m

6.8(5 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

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Cast & Crew

32 members

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Jason Robards

President Abraham Lincoln (voice)

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James Earl Jones

Narrator (voice)

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Glenn Close

Mary Todd Lincoln (voice)

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Richard Widmark

Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

John G. Nicolay (voice)

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Burgess Meredith

Winfield Scott (voice)

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Richard Thomas

John Hay (voice)

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Ned Beatty

Dennis Hanks (voice)

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Barnard Hughes

Horace Greeley (voice)

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Maureen Stapleton

Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)

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Keith Carradine

William Herndon (voice)

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Blythe Danner

Elizabeth Todd Edwards (voice)

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Fred Gwynne

Edwin Stanton (voice)

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Stacy Keach

George McClellan (voice)

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Oprah Winfrey

Elizabeth Keckley (voice)

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Ossie Davis

Frederick Douglas (voice)

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E.G. Marshall

Gideon Welles (voice)

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Robert Vaughn

Isaac Arnold (voice)

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Dabney Coleman

Stephen A. Douglas (voice)

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Philip Bosco

Frederick Seward (voice)

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Jim Dale

Baltimore Correspondent (voice)

Writing

Cliff Roberts

Noah Brooks (voice)

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Jill Clayburgh

Emilie Todd Helm (voice)

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Rod Steiger

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Directing

Gordon Parks

Henry H. Garnet (voice)

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Frank Langella

John Wilkes Booth (voice)

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Richard Dreyfuss

William Tecumsah Sherman (voice)

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Eli Wallach

William Crook (voice)

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John Shea

John Barnes (voice)

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Laurence Luckinbill

Joshua Speed (voice)

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Stockard Channing

Clara Harris (voice)

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Cliff Robertson

Noah Brooks (voice)

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