# Insanity on Trial

Charles Julius Guiteau assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1881. This film utilizes a combination of documentary sequences and dramatic recreations based on court transcripts, letters and first-hand accounts to bring to light 19th-century understanding of mental illness, politics, medicine, God and fame. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in VHS format Host, David McCullough ; narrator, Kyle MacLachlan ; cast, Ron Vawter (Charles Guiteau), Bart Whiteman (James Garfield), Robert Fields (George Scoville) Originally presented as part of the PBS series Director of photography, Robert Dorsey ; editor, John Walter ; music, Neely Bruce

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1990
- By: Rocky Collins, David G McCullough, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), KCET (Television station : Los…
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/InsanityonTrial)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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