Directed by:
John CromwellCinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard Da Silva, Louis Jean Heydt, Aldrich Bowker (more)Plots(1)
Raymond Massey stars in the role that would make his face synonymous with that of the martyred president. In scenes that span from Lincoln's early days as a modest shopkeeper to his reluctant decision to run for political office, Massey's performance is consistently brilliant, carrying the audience into the struggles of the man the world came to know as the Great Emancipator. In addition to delving into major social and political events from 1831 to 1860, the story explores Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard), her subsequent death from brain fever, and the misery placed upon him by his mentally unstable wife, Mary, played passionately by Ruth Gordon in her screen debut. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Raymond Massey
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
East of Eden (1955)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Gene Lockhart
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Madame Curie (1943)
Ruth Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Mary Howard
USA
Best movies:
Test Pilot (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Minor Watson
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Alan Baxter
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Set-Up (1949)
Harvey Stephens
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Beau Geste (1939)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Howard Da Silva
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
1776 (1972)
Louis Jean Heydt
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Aldrich Bowker
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Clem Bevans
USA
Best movies:
The Yearling (1946)
Texas (1941)
Dodge City (1939)
Andy Clyde
UK
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Annie Oakley (1935)
Florence Roberts
USA
Best movies:
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Song of Songs (1933)
Les Misérables (1935)
Trevor Bardette
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Syd Saylor
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Good Earth (1937)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Alec Craig
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Edward Van Sloan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
John Cromwell
USA
Peggy Ann Garner
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
The Sign of the Ram (1948)