Abraham Lincoln

An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.

Cast

Walter Huston

as Abraham Lincoln

Una Merkel

as Ann Rutledge

William L. Thorne

as Tom Lincoln

Lucille La Verne

as Mid-Wife

Helen Freeman

as Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Otto Hoffman

as Offut

Edgar Dearing

as Armstrong

Russell Simpson

as Lincoln's Employer

Charles Crockett

as Sheriff

Kay Hammond

as Mary Todd Lincoln

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