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Tennessee Johnson

1942
Directed byWilliam Dieterle
1h 43m

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.

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Van HeflinAndrew JohnsonLionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
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Ruth Hussey
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
J. Edward BrombergCoke
Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
Alec CraigSam Andrews
Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove
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HistoryDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.1

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