The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)

The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977). 1h 30m | G

“The only woman charged in the alleged conspiracy; she was hanged like most of her male counterparts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe hoods you see in one of the opening scenes were not made of fabric, however, but leather. The prisoners, of course had no A/C, and their faces swelled up with the contained sweat, so it was not just the shock of newly admitted light that caused pain to their rapidly contracting pupils that we see in this film. Their faces looked like prunes. The hoods restricted their breathing! This was only one of the forms of torture their captors used against them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMary Surratt, as a woman in those times, was spared this extreme form of punishment. She still swung in the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf anyone knows where to watch u0026quot;The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd,u0026quot; Iu0026#39;d sure appreciate it. It, too, is supposed to be a fairly authentic account of what happened.”