Trailer for The Conspirator
After the murder of President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (Kevin Kline) orders all suspects to be arrested, the order includes Mary Surratt (Robin Wright) whose boarding house paid host to those who plotted the assassination, including her son John (Johnny Simmons) who fled before he could be caught. Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war veteran having just qualified as a lawyer finds himself in the unwelcome position of having to defend Mary in a military court. Dealing with issues brought on by being forced to defend the unpopular Surratt he begins to doubt her guilt believing that not only is she doing what any mother would do and that is protect her son but is also being used as bait to lure John out. ... Read Review
