Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974)

Cliff Robertson narrates this dramatization focuses on the little-known life-and-death struggle of power between President Lincoln and his general in command of the Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, and the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Cast (9)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Cliff Robertson

Narrator(voice)

John Anderson

President Lincoln

Robert Prosky

Secretary of War Stanton

Richard Sanders

Minister Adams

Doug Roberts

Corporal Mitchell

Max Wright

Horace Greeley

Bryan Clark

General Kearney

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Norman Fitz

Frederick Douglass

M

Mark Hammer

Senator Wade

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