• 1939

  Release Date

• June 9th, 1939

• Runtime

• 100 minutes

• Synopsis

• A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice. He defends two men accused of murder in a political brawl, suffers the death of his girlfriend Ann, courts his future wife Mary Todd, and agrees to go into politics.

• 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,   Richard Cromwell - Matt Clay,   Donald Meek - Prosecutor John Felder,   Eddie Quillan - Adam Clay,   Spencer Charters - Judge Herbert A. Bell,   Ward Bond - John Palmer Cass,   Jack Kelly - Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited),   Edwin Maxwell - John T. Stuart (uncredited),   Milburn Stone - Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited),   Ernie Adams - Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited),   Sam Ash - Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited),   Arthur Aylesworth - New Salem Townsman (uncredited),   Dorris Bowdon - Carrie Sue (uncredited),   Virginia Brissac - Peach Pie Baker (uncredited),   Paul E. Burns - Loafer (uncredited),   George Chandler - Loafer (uncredited),   Cliff Clark - Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited),   Frank Dae - Townsman (uncredited),   Francis Ford - Sam Boone (uncredited),   Harold Goodwin - Jeremiah Carter (uncredited),   Charles Halton - Hawthorne (uncredited),   Herbert Heywood - Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited),   Robert Homans - Mr. Clay (uncredited),   Fred Kohler Jr. - Scrub White (uncredited),   Dickie Jones - Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited),   Kay Linaker - Mrs. Edwards (uncredited),   Robert Lowery - Juror Bill Killian (uncredited),   James Pier Mason - Juror (uncredited),   Louis Mason - Court Clerk (uncredited),   Judith Dickens - Carrie Sue (credit only),   Ivor McFadden - Juror (uncredited),   Tom McGuire - Bailiff (uncredited),   Robert Milasch - Townsman (uncredited),   Dave Morris - Loafer (uncredited),   Frank Orth - Loafer (uncredited),   Jack Pennick - Big Buck Troop (uncredited),   Randall Stevens - Juror (uncredited),   Russell Simpson - Woolridge (uncredited),   Charles Tannen - Ninian Edwards (uncredited),   Harry Tyler - Barber (uncredited),   Dorothy Vaughan - Apple Pie Baker (uncredited),   Billy Watson - Boy on Right of Bean Shooter (uncredited),   Delmar Watson - Admiring Boy in New Salem (uncredited),   Robert Shaw - Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited),   Sylvia McClure - Baby Clay (uncredited)     

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