

Tennessee Johnson
19421h 43m6.4(9)
HistoryDrama
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: William Dieterle
Writer: John L. Balderston, Wells Root
Top Cast
Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
Ruth HusseyEliza 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
Russell HicksLincoln's Emissary
Noah BeerySheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)










