The Conspirator

In the wake of Abraham Lincoln`s assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realises 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 own son.

Language: English
Subtitle: NA
Classification: PG
Release Date: 6 Oct 2011
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 2 Hours 6 Minutes
Distributor: SHAW ORGANISATION
Cast: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Justin Long, Danny Huston, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Robert Redford
Format: NA

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