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TV Mini Series

Death by Lightning

2025·50m·TV-MA
DramaBiographyHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.6/10
18,591 votes

Dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him.

Death by Lightning is a 2025 drama biography movie, starring Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 18,591 votes and runs 50m.

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Stars
Matthew Macfadyen
Michael Shannon
Shea Whigham
Betty Gilpin
Details
2025-11-06
50 min
TV Mini Series
TV-MA
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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