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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Directed by John Ford

Biography | Drama

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Overview

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln’s law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

Rated NR | Length 100 minutes

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Henry Fonda | Alice Brady | Marjorie Weaver | Arleen Whelan | Eddie Collins | Pauline Moore | Richard Cromwell | Donald Meek | Eddie Quillan | Spencer Charters | Ward Bond | Jack Kelly | Edwin Maxwell | Milburn Stone | Ernie Adams | Sam Ash | Arthur Aylesworth | Dorris Bowdon | Virginia Brissac | Paul E. Burns | George Chandler | Cliff Clark | Frank Dae | Francis Ford | Harold Goodwin | Charles Halton | Herbert Heywood | Robert Homans | Fred Kohler Jr. | Dickie Jones | Kay Linaker | Robert Lowery | Jim Mason | Louis Mason | Judith Dickens | Ivor McFadden | Tom McGuire | Robert Milasch | Dave Morris | Frank Orth | Jack Pennick | Randall Stevens | Russell Simpson | Charles Tannen | Harry Tyler | Dorothy Vaughan | Billy Watson | Delmar Watson | Robert Shaw | Sylvia McClure

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