Tennessee Johnson
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
1942 en 103 minutes
Rating: 6.1
Plot
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.
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Cast
Van Heflin
Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore
Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey
Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
Coke
Grant Withers
Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig
Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle
Senator Jim Waters
Carl Benton Reid
Congressman Hargrove
Russell Hicks
Lincoln's Emissary
Noah Beery
Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Robert Warwick
Major Crooks
Montagu Love
Chief Justice Chase
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Secretary
William Farnum
Senator Huyler
Charles Trowbridge
Lansbury
Lynne Carver
Martha Lincoln
Russell Simpson
Kirby
Morris Ankrum
Jefferson Davis
Dane Clark
Wirts (uncredited)
Jeff Corey
Captain (uncredited)
Jim Davis
Reporter (uncredited)
Will Wright
Alderman (uncredited)
