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The Man in the Barn

1937-11-20
5.3
en 11m
HistoryMysteryDocumentary
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This MGM An Historical Mystery series short presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Screenplay

Morgan Cox

Orchestrator

Jack Virgil

conspiracy theory abraham lincoln deathbed claim

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer