Lincoln: The Making of a President, 1860-1862 (1992)
- Director(s):
- Peter W. Kunhardt
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A shrewd politician, Abraham Lincoln had the intelligence, ambition, and principles to grow into his job as president. This is the first of four videos in the Lincoln series, which originally aired on PBS. Produced and directed by Peter W. Kunhardt, this program is narrated by renowned actor James Earl Jones, and features award-winning actor Jason Robards reading from letters, speeches, and diaries. Highlights include period photographs. The other three programs in the series are titled Lincoln: The Pivotal Year, 1863, Lincoln: I Want to Finish This Job, 1864, and Lincoln: Now He Belongs to the Ages, 1865. ~ Steve Blackburn, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- James Smith
- Ned Beatty - Dennis Hanks
- Stockard Channing - Clara Harris
- Glenn Close - Mary Todd Lincoln
- Blythe Danner - Elizabeth Todd Edwards
- Fred Gwynne - Edwin Stanton
- Jason Robards, Jr. - Abraham Lincoln
- Robert Katims
- Frank Langella - John Wilkes Booth
- Laurence Luckinbill - Joshua Speed
- Gordon Rigsby
- Maureen Stapleton - Sarah Bush Lincoln
- Robert Vaughn - Isaac Arnold
- Richard Widmark - Ward Hill Lamon
- Robby Benson - William Stoddard
- Dabney Coleman - Stephen A. Douglas
- Richard Dreyfuss - William T. Sherman
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - John G. Nicolay
- Gordon Connell
- Philip Bosco - Frederick Seward
- Jill Clayburgh - Emilie Todd Helm
- Jim Dale - Baltimore Correspondent
- Rex Everhart
- Barnard Hughes - Horace Greeley
- James Earl Jones - Narrator
- Stacy Keach - George McClellan
- Adam Le Fevre
- E.G. Marshall - Gideon Welles
- John Shea - John Barnes
- Rod Steiger - U.S. Grant
- Eli Wallach - William Crook
- Oprah Winfrey - Elizabeth Keckley
- Keith Carradine - William Herndon
- Ossie Davis - Frederick Douglas
- Burgess Meredith - Winfield Scott
- Richard Thomas - John Hay
- Director(s):
- Peter W. Kunhardt
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