"TRUE...history's most amazing crime plot taken from the files of the U.S. Secret Service!"

1957

1h 20m

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Crime

Drama

Overview

Two men botch the kidnapping of a warden's daughter, then plot to ransom Abraham Lincoln's corpse.

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Cast & Crew

17 members

Acting

Victor McLaglen

Tom Muldoon

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George Macready

Jack Langley

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Gavin Muir

Herbert Evans

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Fay Spain

Sue Ellen

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Carl Thayler

The Boy

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John Morley

Fred Winters

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Carlyle Mitchell

Officers of the Law

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George Cisar

Officers of the Law

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Jason Johnson

Officers of the Law

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Pat Lawless

Officers of the Law

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James Logan

Officers of the Law

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Fintan Meyler

Citizens of Springfield and Chicago

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Joseph Hamilton

Secret Service Agent (as Joe Hamilton)

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Nolan Leary

Prison Warden

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Gene Walker

Secret Serice Agent

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Calvin Booth

Citizens of Springfield and Chicago

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Cliff Lyons

Secret Service Agent

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