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Programme Information

Accepting a law book in lieu of payment, farmer Abraham Lincoln discovers a new interest. But it's only after he saves two men from a lynch mob that he decides to try politics.

Keywords:

Drama, Biopic, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1939) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Henry Fonda	.... Abraham Lincoln
Alice Brady	.... Abigail Clay
Marjorie Weaver	.... Mary Todd
Arleen Whelan	.... Sarah Clay
Eddie Collins	.... Efe Turner
Pauline Moore	.... Ann Rutledge

Supporting Cast:

Richard Cromwell	.... Matt Clay
Donald Meek	.... Prosecutor John Felder
Judith Dickens	.... Carrie Sue
Eddie Quillan	.... Adam Clay
Spencer Charters	.... Judge Herbert A. Bell
Ward Bond	.... John Palmer Cass

Directors:

John Ford

Writers:

Lamar Trotti