After Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The woman is 42 year old Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), who owns the boarding house where actor John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell) and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), 28-year-old war hero and newly accredited lawyer, is recruited by defense attorney Reverdy Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. But as the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt - her son, John (Johnny Simmons).
Director:
Robert Redford
Year:
2010
Country:
US
Cast:
Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson
Classification:
M
Certification:
V