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.
Genre: History, Mystery, Documentary
Stars: Carey Wilson, Ernie Adams, Erville Alderson, Virginia Brissac, Philo McCullough, Douglas Wood
Crew: Jacques Tourneur (Director), Morgan Cox (Screenplay), Jack Virgil (Orchestrator)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 20, 1937
IMDb: 5.7
