The Rivalry

A television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.

• Fielder CookDirector
• Donald CormorantWriter
• Norman CorwinWriter
• Ernest KinoyWriter

• Arthur HillAbraham Lincoln
• Charles DurningStephen Douglas
• Hope LangeAdele Cutts Douglas
• Stephen ManleyTad Lincoln