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Cast:
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James McAvoy | ... | Frederick Aiken |
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Robin Wright | ... | Mary Surratt |
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Kevin Kline | ... | Edwin Stanton |
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Tom Wilkinson | ... | Reverdy Johnson |
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Evan Rachel Wood | ... | Anna Surratt |
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Justin Long | ... | Nicholas Baker |
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Danny Huston | ... | Joseph Holt |
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James Badge Dale | ... | William Hamilton |
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Colm Meaney | ... | David Hunter |
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Alexis Bledel | ... | Sarah Weston |
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Johnny Simmons | ... | John Surratt |
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Toby Kebbell | ... | John Wilkes Booth |
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John Cullum | ... | Judge Wylie |
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Jonathan Groff | ... | Louis Weichmann |
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Stephen Root | ... | John Lloyd |
The Conspirator is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Robert Redford. It is the debut film of the American Film Company. The film tells the story of Mary Surratt, the only female co-conspirator charged in the Abraham Lincoln assassination and the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Wright) owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal.
Aiken is at first very reluctant to take the case and believes his client is guilty. However, he uncovers evidence of her innocence and conducts a spirited defense. He realizes his client is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Wright) owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal.
Aiken is at first very reluctant to take the case and believes his client is guilty. However, he uncovers evidence of her innocence and conducts a spirited defense. He realizes his client is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John (Johnny Simmons). As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life.
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“The Conspirator.” - Film Review by Anthony Lane
Robin Wright and James McAvoy in Robert Redford’s Lincoln-assassination movie.
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