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Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

IMDB:

6.1
Tennessee Johnson

Released

12/1/1942

Duration

1h 43m

Genre

History, Drama

Country

United States of America

Cast

Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey

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.

Cast

Van Heflin

Andrew Johnson

Van Heflin

Lionel Barrymore

Thaddeus Stevens

Lionel Barrymore

Ruth Hussey

Eliza McCardle Johnson

Ruth Hussey

Marjorie Main

Mrs. Maude Fisher

Marjorie Main

Regis Toomey

Blackstone McDaniel

Regis Toomey

J. Edward Bromberg

Coke

J. Edward Bromberg

Grant Withers

Mordecai Milligan

Grant Withers

Alec Craig

Sam Andrews

Alec Craig

Charles Dingle

Senator Jim Waters

Charles Dingle

Carl Benton Reid

Congressman Hargrove

Carl Benton Reid

Russell Hicks

Lincoln's Emissary

Russell Hicks

Noah Beery

Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

Noah Beery

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