Tennessee Johnson (1942)
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The tumultuous presidency of 17th-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. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Dieterle
Synopsis of Tennessee Johnson
The tumultuous presidency of 17th-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. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tennessee Johnson
- Van Heflin - Andrew Johnson
- Lionel Barrymore - Thad Stevens
- Regis Toomey - McDaniel
- Grant Withers - Mordecai Milligan
- Charles Dingle - Sen. Jim Waters
- Russell Hicks - Emissary
- Robert Warwick - Maj. Crooks
- Lloyd Corrigan - Mr. Secretary
- Lynne Carver - Martha
- Morris Ankrum - Jefferson Davis
- Charles Ray
- Lee Phelps - Deputy
- Robert E. O'Connor - Robinson
- Sheldon Leonard - Atzerodt
- Brandon Hurst
- William Wright - Alderman
- Duke York - Assassin
- Emmett Vogan
- Hugh Sothern
- Jim Davis
- Dane Clark - Wirts
- Harlan Briggs
- Ruth Hussey - Eliza McCardle
- Marjorie Main - Mrs. Fisher
- J. Edward Bromberg - Coke
- Alec Craig - Andrews
- Carl Benton Reid - Congressman Hargrove
- Noah Beery, Sr. - Sheriff Cass
- Montagu Love - Chief Justice Chase
- William Farnum - Senator Huyler
- Russell Simpson - Kirby
- Roy Barcroft - Officer on Crutches
- Allen Pomeroy
- Pat O'Malley - Reporter
- Jack Norton - Drunk
- Frank Jaquet
- Ed O'Neill - Abraham Lincoln
- William Roberts
- Harry Worth - John Wilkes Booth
- Charles Trowbridge - Lansbury
- Porter Hall - The Weasel
- William B. Davidson - Vice President Breckenridge
- Frederick Burton
- Louise Beavers - Addie
- Director(s):
- William Dieterle
- Writer(s):
- John L. Balderston, Wells Root
- Producer(s):
- J. Walter Ruben
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