Tennessee Johnson
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
1942-12-01 | 103 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
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Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
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Ruth HusseyEliza McCardle Johnson
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Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
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Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
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J. Edward BrombergCoke
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Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
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Alec CraigSam Andrews
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Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
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Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove
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Russell HicksLincoln's Emissary
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Noah BeerySheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
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Robert WarwickMajor Crooks
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Montagu LoveChief Justice Chase
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Lloyd CorriganMr. Secretary
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William FarnumSenator Huyler
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Charles TrowbridgeLansbury
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Lynne CarverMartha Lincoln
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Russell SimpsonKirby
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Morris AnkrumJefferson Davis
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