Tennessee Johnson (1942)

ALL 12/01/1942 (en) History, Drama 103 Min
  • Release
    12/01/1942
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hellfire Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    Tennessee Johnson
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

From poverty to a president. A great American story!

Overview

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.

  1. William Dieterle

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Robert Kern

    Editor



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  1. Van Heflin

    Andrew Johnson

  2. Lionel Barrymore

    Thaddeus Stevens

  3. Ruth Hussey

    Eliza McCardle Johnson

  4. Marjorie Main

    Mrs. Maude Fisher

  5. Regis Toomey

    Blackstone McDaniel

  6. J. Edward Bromberg

    Coke

  7. Grant Withers

    Mordecai Milligan

  8. Alec Craig

    Sam Andrews

  9. Charles Dingle

    Senator Jim Waters

  10. Carl Benton Reid

    Congressman Hargrove

  11. Russell Hicks

    Lincoln's Emissary

  12. Noah Beery

    Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

  13. Robert Warwick

    Major Crooks

  14. Montagu Love

    Chief Justice Chase

  15. Lloyd Corrigan

    Mr. Secretary

  16. William Farnum

    Senator Huyler

  17. Charles Trowbridge

    Lansbury

  18. Lynne Carver

    Martha Lincoln

  19. Russell Simpson

    Kirby

  20. Morris Ankrum

    Jefferson Davis

  21. Dane Clark

    Wirts (uncredited)

  22. Jeff Corey

    Captain (uncredited)

  23. Jim Davis

    Reporter (uncredited)

  24. Will Wright

    Alderman (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 12

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Tennessee Johnson (1942) 103 Min

ALL 12/01/1942 (en)
History, Drama
  • Release 12/01/1942
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hellfire Pictures
  • Original title Tennessee Johnson
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

From poverty to a president. A great American story!

Overview

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.

  1. William Dieterle

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Robert Kern

    Editor

  4. Irving Asher, J. Walter Ruben

    Producer