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In questo drammatico racconto della sua prima carriera legale in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln è nato in una modesta baita, dove è incoraggiato dal suo primo amore, Ann Rutledge, a perseguire la legge. Dopo la sua tragica morte, Lincoln avvia una pratica legale a Springfield, dove incontra una giovane Mary Todd. Le capacità legali di Lincoln vengono messe alla prova quando si assume il difficile compito di difendere due fratelli accusati di omicidio.
La storia di Abramo Lincoln che non è mai stata raccontata!
(1939) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 09/06/1939
regia di John Ford
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)