Details
- Release: Dec 01 1942
- Runtime: 103 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $1,042,000
- Revenue: N/A
Overview
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
Credits
Jim Davis
Reporter (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
Captain (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Major Crooks
Will Wright
Alderman (uncredited)
Carl Benton Reid
Congressman Hargrove
Van Heflin
Andrew Johnson
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Maude Fisher
Dane Clark
Wirts (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore
Thaddeus Stevens
Regis Toomey
Blackstone McDaniel
Ruth Hussey
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Morris Ankrum
Jefferson Davis
J. Edward Bromberg
Coke
Charles Trowbridge
Lansbury
William Farnum
Senator Huyler
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Secretary
Grant Withers
Mordecai Milligan
Russell Hicks
Lincoln's Emissary
Russell Simpson
Kirby
Montagu Love
Chief Justice Chase