Manhunt

2024 • TV Series • 31,001 views

Overview

Manhunt is a 2024 historical drama television miniseries created by Monica Beletsky for Apple TV+, based on the 2006 book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson. The series follows the hunt for John Wilkes Booth (Anthony Boyle), the actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln (Hamish Linklater) in 1865. The series stars Tobias Menzies as Edwin Stanton, the Secretary of War, who leads the investigation. The series is a tense, historical thriller, following the manhunt through Washington, D.C., and into the swamps of Maryland and Virginia. The series was a critical success, praised for its performances and its historical accuracy. It is a limited series, so a second season is not expected.