The read
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes27%
Metacritic21/100
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Salvador LitvakDirector
- Nina DavidovichWriter
- Salvador LitvakWriter
Cast
- Tom AmandesAbraham Lincoln
- Lea CocoWard Hill Lamon
- Penelope Ann MillerMary Todd Lincoln
- Bruce DavisonWilliam H. Seward
- Creed BrattonSenator Charles Sumner
- Saidah Arrika EkulonaMrs. Elizabeth Keckly
- Josh StambergSalmon P. Chase
- Robert CraigheadEdwin Stanton
- Lew TempleMontgomery Blair
- Michael MaizeBilly Herndon
- Steven BrandNed Baker
- Adam CroasdellCol. Elmer Ellsworth