Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

From poverty to a president. A great American story!

  • Genre: History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1942-12-01
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William Dieterle
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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.

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  • Van Heflin

    as Andrew Johnson

  • Lionel Barrymore

    as Thaddeus Stevens

  • Ruth Hussey

    as Eliza McCardle Johnson

  • Marjorie Main

    as Mrs. Maude Fisher

  • Regis Toomey

    as Blackstone McDaniel

  • J. Edward Bromberg

    as Coke

  • Grant Withers

    as Mordecai Milligan

  • Alec Craig

    as Sam Andrews

  • Charles Dingle

    as Senator Jim Waters

  • Carl Benton Reid

    as Congressman Hargrove

  • Russell Hicks

    as Lincoln's Emissary

  • Noah Beery

    as Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

  • Robert Warwick

    as Major Crooks

  • Montagu Love

    as Chief Justice Chase

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    as Mr. Secretary

  • William Farnum

    as Senator Huyler

  • Charles Trowbridge

    as Lansbury

  • Lynne Carver

    as Martha Lincoln

  • Russell Simpson

    as Kirby

  • Morris Ankrum

    as Jefferson Davis

  • Dane Clark

    as Wirts (uncredited)

  • Jeff Corey

    as Captain (uncredited)

  • Jim Davis

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Will Wright

    as Alderman (uncredited)
Directing William Dieterle Director
Writing Wells Root Screenplay
Writing John L. Balderston Screenplay
Production Irving Asher Producer
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Directing Al Shenberg Assistant Director
Camera Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Editing Robert Kern Editor
Costume & Make-Up Lon Anthony Costume Design
Sound Herbert Stothart Original Music Composer
Production J. Walter Ruben Producer

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