Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Acting
Robin Wright's devastating stillness — she barely moves and destroys you.
Production
Robert Redford's obsessive period authenticity, down to the trial transcripts.
Writing
Dialogue pulled from actual 1865 court records. History wrote this, they just adapted.
Director
Robert Redford
James McAvoy
Frederick Aiken
Robin Wright
Mary Surratt
Evan Rachel Wood
Anna Surratt
Kevin Kline
Edwin Stanton
Alexis Bledel
Sarah Weston
Danny Huston
Joseph Holt
Justin Long
Nicholas Baker
Colm Meaney
David Hunter
Tom Wilkinson
Reverdy Johnson
Norman Reedus
Lewis Payne
Toby Kebbell
John Wilkes Booth
Jonathan Groff
Louis Weichmann
Stephen Root
John Lloyd
Johnny Simmons
John Surratt
James Badge Dale
William Hamilton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2011, Redford deliberately timed this as commentary on Guantanamo military tribunals and the erosion of habeas corpus. The parallels are not subtle — they're screaming.
The real Frederick Aiken was 28 during the trial. James McAvoy was 31. Robin Wright is only 7 years older than Evan Rachel Wood, who played her daughter — Hollywood's eternal mother-daughter age gap strikes again.
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