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Few American historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star collaborations embody classic Hollywood cinema as beautifully as the one between John Ford and Henry Fonda. This film, their first together, was Ford’s equally poetic and significant follow-up to the groundbreaking western Stagecoach, and in it Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career, as the young president-to-be, a novice lawyer struggling with an incendiary murder case. Photographed in gorgeous black and white by Ford’s frequent collaborator Bert Glennon, Young Mr. Lincoln is a compassionate and assured work and an indelible piece of Americana.
Original Release
06/02/1939
US Release
06/02/1939
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Henry Fonda | Abraham Lincoln |
Alice Brady | Abigail Clay |
Marjorie Weaver | Mary Todd |
Arleen Whelan | Sarah Clay |
Eddie Collins | Efe Turner |
Pauline Moore | Ann Rutledge |
Richard Cromwell | Matt Clay |
Donald Meek | Prosecutor John Felder |
Eddie Quillan | Adam Clay |
Spencer Charters | Judge Herbert A. Bell |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Henry Fonda | Abraham Lincoln |
Alice Brady | Abigail Clay |
Marjorie Weaver | Mary Todd |
Arleen Whelan | Sarah Clay |
Eddie Collins | Efe Turner |
Pauline Moore | Ann Rutledge |
Richard Cromwell | Matt Clay |
Donald Meek | Prosecutor John Felder |
Eddie Quillan | Adam Clay |
Spencer Charters | Judge Herbert A. Bell |
Ward Bond | John Palmer Cass |
Dorris Bowdon | Carrie Sue |
Ernie Adams | Man with Lynch Mob |
Sam Ash | Townsman Dancing at Party |
Arthur Aylesworth | New Salem Townsman |
Virginia Brissac | Peach Pie Baker |
Paul E. Burns | Loafer |
George Chandler | Loafer |
Cliff Clark | Sheriff Gil Billings |
Tex Cooper | Townsman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1940 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |