History ·Drama · United States of America · 1942 · 1h 43m

Tennessee Johnson

Director

Cast

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

Crew

Harold Rosson — Director of Photography Robert Kern — Editor Herbert Stothart — Original Music Composer Wells Root — Screenplay John L. Balderston — Screenplay Irving Asher — Producer

Tagline

From poverty to a president. A great American story!

Synopsis

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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