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Tennessee Johnson

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Calorie Rating: 145
Released: 1942-12-01
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Budget: 1042000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hellfire Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Al Shenberg
Assistant Director


Cast

Van Heflin
Character: Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore
Character: Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey
Character: Eliza McCardle Johnson

Marjorie Main
Character: Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey
Character: Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
Character: Coke

Grant Withers
Character: Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig
Character: Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle
Character: Senator Jim Waters

Carl Benton Reid
Character: Congressman Hargrove
Russell Hicks
Character: Lincoln's Emissary
Noah Beery
Character: Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)

Robert Warwick
Character: Major Crooks
Montagu Love
Character: Chief Justice Chase
Lloyd Corrigan
Character: Mr. Secretary

William Farnum
Character: Senator Huyler
Charles Trowbridge
Character: Lansbury
Lynne Carver
Character: Martha Lincoln

Russell Simpson
Character: Kirby
Morris Ankrum
Character: Jefferson Davis
Dane Clark
Character: Wirts (uncredited)

Jeff Corey
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Jim Davis
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Will Wright
Character: Alderman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Wells Root
Screenplay

Lon Anthony
Costume Design

Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration