Tennessee Johnson
movie
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
Released December 01, 1942
Overview
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.
Cast
Van Heflin
as
Andrew Johnson
Lionel Barrymore
as
Thaddeus Stevens
Ruth Hussey
as
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie Main
as
Mrs. Maude Fisher
Regis Toomey
as
Blackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
as
Coke
Grant Withers
as
Mordecai Milligan
Alec Craig
as
Sam Andrews
Charles Dingle
as
Senator Jim Waters
Carl Benton Reid
as
Congressman Hargrove
Russell Hicks
as
Lincoln's Emissary
Noah Beery
as
Sheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Crew
William Dieterle
as
Director
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Wells Root
as
Screenplay
John L. Balderston
as
Screenplay
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Irving Asher
as
Producer
Cedric Gibbons
as
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
as
Set Decoration
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Al Shenberg
as
Assistant Director
Harold Rosson
as
Director of Photography
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Robert Kern
as
Editor
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Lon Anthony
as
Costume Design
Herbert Stothart
as
Original Music Composer
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J. Walter Ruben
as
Producer