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A Failure at Fifty
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A Failure at Fifty

1940
Directed byWill Jason
0h 10m

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

CAST
Edmund GloverAbe LincolnMary AndersonAnn RutledgeTruman BradleyLincoln's Friend
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Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Margaret BertAnn's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
George ChesebroCreditor (uncredited)
Naomi ChildersPartner (uncredited)
Jules CowlesMember of the Senate (uncredited)
Edward CoxenFarmer (uncredited)
Olin FrancisTrader (uncredited)
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaHistory
STATUSReleased
RATING
4.5

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