The Andersonville Trial

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The Andersonville Trial is a 1970 television film adaptation of a stage play that dramatizes the post–Civil War military trial of the commandant of the notorious Confederate Andersonville prison camp.

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instanceOf historical drama film
television film
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Program – Drama or Comedy
basedOn The Andersonville Trial (play)
character Henry Wirz
Norton P. Chipman NERFINISHED
defense counsel for Henry Wirz
cinematographyBy Charles F. Wheeler NERFINISHED
composer Bernard Green
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Confederate prison camp conditions
military tribunal
director George C. Scott
distributor CBS
editor Art Seid
filmingTechnique live television-style staging
format made-for-television film
genre drama
legal drama
war film
hasType courtroom drama
historicalEventDepicted American Civil War aftermath
isAdaptationOf stage play
language English
locationDepicted Andersonville, Georgia
medium television
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Awards
originalChannel CBS
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
originalReleaseDate 1970-05-17
originalReleaseYear 1970
portrays trial of Henry Wirz
producer George C. Scott
productionCompany CBS
runtimeMinutes 150
screenplayBy Saul Levitt
settingPeriod post–American Civil War
starred Buddy Ebsen
Cameron Mitchell
Jack Cassidy
Martin Sheen
Richard Basehart
William Shatner
Wright King
subject Andersonville prison
Henry Wirz
war crimes trial
writer Saul Levitt

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Jack Cassidy notableWork The Andersonville Trial
Lincoln Kilpatrick notableWork The Andersonville Trial
John Joseph Edward Cassidy notableWork The Andersonville Trial
The Andersonville Trial basedOn The Andersonville Trial (play)
linked to: The Andersonville Trial