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A television adaptation was produced as the pilot episode of KCET's ''Series/HollywoodTelevisionTheatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
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A television adaptation was produced as the pilot episode of KCET's ''Series/HollywoodTelevisionTheatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy Creator/JackCassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart Creator/RichardBasehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
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* CourtroomAntics: Between Chipman and Baker. At one point, Baker comes extremely close to being held in contempt of court.
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* NotSoDifferent: Baker outright tells Chipman that unless he can get the moral issues of Wirz's administration of Andersonville admitted in court, he would be no different than Wirz.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Baker outright tells Chipman that unless he can get the moral issues of Wirz's administration of Andersonville admitted in court, he would be no different than Wirz.
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* CourtroomAntics: Between Chipman and Baker. At one point, [[RealityEnsues Baker comes extremely close to being held in contempt of court]].
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[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_andersonville_trial_poster.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:265:Poster for the 1970 movie version.]]
[[caption-width-right:265:Poster for the 1970 movie version.]]
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'''Chipman''': But that was ''not'' a military situation; those helpless, unarmed men were no longer the enemy. Here was no longer a question of North or South, no longer a question of war, only a question of human beings.
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'''Chipman''': But that was ''not'' a military situation; those helpless, unarmed men were no longer the enemy. Here enemy, no matter what Winder said. This was no longer a question of North or South, no longer a question of war, only but a question of human beings.
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A television adaptation was produced for as the pilot episode of KCET's ''Series/HollywoodTelevisionTheatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
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* SkewedPriorities: Chipman accuses Wirz of this during the climax--specifically, that Wirz was still thinking with a military mindset when human beings captured by the Confederacy were at his mercy.
-->'''Wirz''': As I have said--''as I say for the last time''--it was, to me, a military situation.\\
'''Chipman''': But that was ''not'' a military situation; those helpless, unarmed men were no longer the enemy. Here was no longer a question of North or South, no longer a question of war, only a question of human beings.
-->'''Wirz''': As I have said--''as I say for the last time''--it was, to me, a military situation.\\
'''Chipman''': But that was ''not'' a military situation; those helpless, unarmed men were no longer the enemy. Here was no longer a question of North or South, no longer a question of war, only a question of human beings.
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See also [=MacKinlay=] Kantor's UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize-winning novel, ''Literature/{{Andersonville}}''.
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A television adaptation was produced for KCET's ''Hollywood Television Theatre'' ''Series/HollywoodTelevisionTheatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Wallace is as patient and accommodating as he can be, from Wirz's medical condition to even the theatrics going on between Chipman and Baker.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Wallace is as patient and accommodating as he can be, be in the midst of everything going on, from Wirz's medical condition to even the theatrics going on between Chipman and Baker.Baker.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: General Sherman's march through and destruction of Atlanta only exacerbated the problems at Andersonville, as Wirz testified during the climax, in which he takes the stand.
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''The Andersonville Trial'' is a 1959 play based on the 1865 trial of Captain Henry Wirz on conspiracy and murder charges. During the trial, Colonel Norton P. Chipman and Otis Baker duked it out in court with Wirz's fate on the line, and ultimately the issue of JustFollowingOrders is brought up.
A television adaptation was produced for KCET's ''Hollywood Television Theatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
!!This play features examples of:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During a recess in the trial, Baker confronted Chipman with the possibility of his being a puppet of a higher mortal power, not very much unlike Wirz. [[BerserkButton Chipman does not take it well.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't compare Chipman to Wirz.
* CourtroomAntics: Between Chipman and Baker. At one point, Baker comes extremely close to being held in contempt of court.
* ForegoneConclusion: The play ends with Wirz being sentenced to hang after being convicted of all charges save for a single specification of murder.
* HeroProtagonist: Chipman is determined to send a Confederate war criminal to the gallows.
* NotSoDifferent: Baker outright tells Chipman that unless he can get the moral issues of Wirz's administration of Andersonville admitted in court, he would be no different than Wirz.
* PrecisionFStrike: Chipman gets one upon Baker comparing him to Wirz.
-->'''Chipman''': God damn you...!
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Wallace is as patient and accommodating as he can be, from Wirz's medical condition to even the theatrics going on between Chipman and Baker.
A television adaptation was produced for KCET's ''Hollywood Television Theatre'' in 1970, directed by Creator/GeorgeCScott (who portrayed Chipman in the original production) and starring Creator/WilliamShatner as Chipman, Jack Cassidy as Baker, Richard Basehart as Wirz, Cameron Mitchell as General Creator/LewWallace, and Creator/BuddyEbsen as a witness describing the horrors to which Andersonville's prisoners were subjected.
!!This play features examples of:
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During a recess in the trial, Baker confronted Chipman with the possibility of his being a puppet of a higher mortal power, not very much unlike Wirz. [[BerserkButton Chipman does not take it well.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't compare Chipman to Wirz.
* CourtroomAntics: Between Chipman and Baker. At one point, Baker comes extremely close to being held in contempt of court.
* ForegoneConclusion: The play ends with Wirz being sentenced to hang after being convicted of all charges save for a single specification of murder.
* HeroProtagonist: Chipman is determined to send a Confederate war criminal to the gallows.
* NotSoDifferent: Baker outright tells Chipman that unless he can get the moral issues of Wirz's administration of Andersonville admitted in court, he would be no different than Wirz.
* PrecisionFStrike: Chipman gets one upon Baker comparing him to Wirz.
-->'''Chipman''': God damn you...!
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Wallace is as patient and accommodating as he can be, from Wirz's medical condition to even the theatrics going on between Chipman and Baker.
