The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth

Director: Tom Jennings Tom Jennings

Overview

Released in conjunction with the 2008 summer blockbuster National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Tom Jennings' documentary The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth traces one of the largest manhunts in American history. In the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination, 10,000 federal troops were dispatched to capture the elusive triggerman and his co-conspirator David Herold. In this documentary, filmmakers trace the sixty-mile route traveled by Booth and Herold in real time, winding through the Maryland countryside before crossing the Potomac River and ultimately ending at the northern Virginia tobacco barn where Booth was gunned down.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2008
UPC:	0733961108811
Original Release:	2007
Source:	A&E Home Video
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	40,643

Special Features

Closed Caption

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jean-Pierre Parent	Actor
John Neely	Actor
Terry Alford	Actor
Michael Hall	Narrator

Technical Credits

Tom Jennings	Executive Producer,Producer,Director
Susan Werbe	Executive Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Hunt for John Wilkes Booth
1. Introduction [:46]
2. An Audacious Plan [6:06]
3. The Point of No Return [5:31]
4. A Triple Assassination [11:35]
5. Dr. Samuel Mudd [11:26]
6. Paranoia and Rage [11:13]
7. A Massive Manhunt [9:43]
8. Crossing the Potomac [8:15]
9. The Dragnet Tightens [9:02]
10. Booth's Final Act [9:02]
11. An Ignoble End [7:03]
12. Credits [:19]

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