The film describes the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, on April 14, 1865, especially his last few days and the whole process of the assassination. Billy Campbell plays Lincoln, Jesse Johnson plays John Wilkes Booth, Geraldine Hughes plays Mary Todd Lincoln, Graham Beckel plays Edwin Stanton, and Shawn Pyfrom plays Private John W. Nichols. The film is narrated by Tom Hanks, and all the story materials are from the best-selling novel of the same name.