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Episode: 1125
Title: Portrait of an Assassin
Air Dates: First Run - October 8, 1980
Repeat - December 29, 1980
Plot: This is the story of the life of Charles Guiteau, the arrogant assassin of President Garfield. The story recounts Giteau's deception of his wife, her wealthy uncle, and his employers, and his delusions of grandeur in getting Garfield elected--culminating in his assassination of Garfield in a DC train station.
Actors: John Lithgow
Robert Dryden
Patricia Elliott
Writer: James Agate, Jr.