Tennessee Johnson
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Directed by William Dieterle
From poverty to a president. A great American story!
The story
Follows the tumultuous presidency of the 19th President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, whose story begins with his boyhood and early life. During the Civil War, Johnson remains a staunch Unionist and, upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln is assassinated, Johnson becomes the first U.S. President ever to be impeached.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
Ruth HusseyEliza McCardle Johnson
Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
J. Edward Bromberg
Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
Alec CraigSam Andrews
Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove
Russell HicksLincoln's Emissary
Noah BeerySheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)Explore the crew
- Director
- William Dieterle
- Screenplay
- John L. Balderston
- Screenplay
- Wells Root
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Irving Asher
- Producer
- J. Walter Ruben
- Director of Photography
- Harold Rosson
- Editor
- Robert Kern