The Rivalry

The Rivalry — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 12, 1975
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Fielder Cook

The Rivalry — Cast

Arthur Hill Abraham Lincoln Charles Durning Stephen Douglas Hope Lange Adele Cutts Douglas Stephen Manley Tad Lincoln