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{{Infobox_President 
| name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| image = Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
| order = 16th [[President of the United States]]
| term_start = March 4, 1861 
| term_end = April 15, 1865
| successor = [[Andrew Johnson]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1809|2|12|mf=y}}
(contracted; show full)and who boards the train hoping to discover whether any of the plotters are on board before they reach Baltimore.  Kennedy discovers a plot that involves a riot to distract police protection away from Lincoln and a sharpshooter armed with a rifle with a telescopic sight to shoot the president-elect.  Through Kennedy's efforts, the attempt is aborted and key members of the conspiracy are identified.  There actually was an NYPD officer named [[John Alexander Kennedy|John Kennedy]],  who claimed to have 
been the one who uncovered the Baltimore Plot, but he was not actually on scene as Powell's character is in the film.  Moreover, in real life, Kennedy was the [[New York City Police Commissioner|Superintendent]] of the entire force.  In the film, he is depicted as being a mere [[detective sergeant]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

The film is directed by [[Anthony Mann]] and stars [[Dick Powell]], [[Paula Raymond]], [[Adolphe Menjou]], [[Marshall Thompson]], [[Florence Bates]], [[Will Geer]], [[Victor Kilian]], [[Regis Toomey]] and [[Ruby Dee]].  It is written by [[George Worthing Yates]] and [[Art Cohn]] and is 78 minutes long.  It is also one of just two MGM movies which do not contain a music score of any kind.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}

The 1966-1967 TV series The Time Tunnel had "The Death Trap" episode regarding the 1861 Baltimore plot, although it also depicted a brief difficulty with the time machine which caused the showing of (an enactment of) the 1865 shooting of Lincoln at Ford's Theatre.⏎
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==See also==
*[[List of United States Presidential assassination attempts]]
*[[Abraham Lincoln assassination]]
*[[American Civil War spies]]
*[[Allan Pinkerton]]  
*[[Kate Warne]] 
*[[Ward Hill Lamon]]
*[[George Proctor Kane]] 
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[[Category:History of the United States (1849–1865)]]
[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
[[Category:History of Maryland]]
[[Category:Lincoln conspirators]]

[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]