Film

The Rivalry

9.019751h 30mDrama History

Director: Fielder Cook
Year: 1975

A television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.

Top cast

Arthur Hill

Abraham Lincoln

Charles Durning

Stephen Douglas

Hope Lange

Adele Cutts Douglas

Stephen Manley

Tad Lincoln

Directed by

Fielder Cook

Written by

Donald Cormorant, Norman Corwin, Ernest Kinoy

Produced by

Walt deFaria