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The Rivalry

9.019751h 30mMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorFielder Cook
WritersDonald Cormorant·Norman Corwin
ProducerWalt deFaria

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Cast · Directed by Fielder Cook

AHArthur Hill
Arthur Hill
Abraham Lincoln
CDCharles Durning
Charles Durning
Stephen Douglas
HLHope Lange
Hope Lange
Adele Cutts Douglas
SMStephen Manley
Stephen Manley
Tad Lincoln

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