The new Apple TV+ series “Manhunt” tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the pursuit of his killer, John Wilkes Booth. It stars Tobias Menzies as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who led the search for Booth and helped to convict his conspirators. Anthony Boyle plays Booth and Hamish Linklater is Lincoln. (March 14)
‘Manhunt,’ about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s killer, shows truth is stranger than fiction
The new Apple TV+ series “Manhunt” tells the lesser-known aspects of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on the pursuit of his killer, John Wilkes Booth. It stars Tobias Menzies as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who led the search for Booth and helped to convict his conspirators. Anthony Boyle plays Booth and Hamish Linklater is Lincoln. (March 14)