YOUNG MR LINCOLN (1939)

JOHN FORD

Biopic Classics True Stories Politics 10th - 19th Centuries Drama Law/Legal/Solicitors/Trials Historical Recommended

Cast

HENRY FONDA ALICE BRADY MARJORIE WEAVER ARLEEN WHELAN EDDIE COLLINS

Plot

A vivid dramatisation of the young Abraham Lincoln, from his meagre Kentucky roots, his training as a lawyer and his eventual entrance into politics. The Young Lincoln is directed and performed with immense heart, a deserved classic by two of the greats of American cinema about one of the greats of American history.