Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson
1942HistoryDrama103 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • William Dieterle

    Director

  • Wells Root

    Screenplay

  • John L. Balderston

    Screenplay

  • Harold Rosson

    Director of Photography

  • Robert Kern

    Editor

  • Van Heflin

    Andrew Johnson

  • Lionel Barrymore

    Thaddeus Stevens

  • Ruth Hussey

    Eliza McCardle Johnson

  • Marjorie Main

    Mrs. Maude Fisher

  • Regis Toomey

    Blackstone McDaniel

  • J. Edward Bromberg

    Coke

  • Grant Withers

    Mordecai Milligan

  • Alec Craig

    Sam Andrews

  • Charles Dingle

    Senator Jim Waters

  • Carl Benton Reid

    Congressman Hargrove

  • Russell Hicks

    Lincoln's Emissary

  • Noah Beery

    Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

  • Robert Warwick

    Major Crooks

  • Montagu Love

    Chief Justice Chase

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    Mr. Secretary

  • William Farnum

    Senator Huyler

  • Charles Trowbridge

    Lansbury

  • Lynne Carver

    Martha Lincoln

  • Russell Simpson

    Kirby

  • Morris Ankrum

    Jefferson Davis

  • Dane Clark

    Wirts (uncredited)

  • Jeff Corey

    Captain (uncredited)

  • Jim Davis

    Reporter (uncredited)

  • Will Wright

    Alderman (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    103 minutes

    Released

    1942-12-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    Hellfire Pictures

    Sound

  • Herbert Stothart

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    25 days ago

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