SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“Director Anthony Mann fleshes out the intricate story with vigorous and subtle attention to its disparate elements-political, psychological, and brutal.”
78 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Anthony Mann. In English.
Part of “Full Speed Ahead,” a statewide celebration of train movies. This screening is presented with Maine Historical Society.
Abraham Lincoln will be traveling by rail to his inauguration in Washington and a plot is being hatched to assassinate him as he passes through Baltimore. New York detective John Kennedy (Dick Powell) tries to alert his superiors to the scheme, but his suspicions are dismissed. He decides to quit the force and boards the train to try to thwart the assassins himself. He's unsure of whom he can trust but finds a potential ally in Ginny Beaufort (Paula Raymond), the sister of one of the plotters.
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
The General (1926): Saturday, May 10 at 12 pm