The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.

Susan Hayward
as Rachel Donaldson

Charlton Heston
as Andrew Jackson

John McIntire
as John Overton

Fay Bainter
as Mrs. Donaldson

Ruth Attaway
as Moll

Margaret Wycherly
as Mrs. Robards

Gladys Hurlbut
as Mrs. Phariss

Carl Betz
as Charles Dickinson

John George
as Spectator at Speech (uncredited)

Nina Varela
as Mrs. "Peachblossom" Stark
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Susan Hayward does quite well here as a married woman who has had enough of her husband. She decides that she wants to return to her mother’s (quite heavily fortified) Nashville home and luckily has Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston) on hand to see she isn’t interfered with. Their journey isn’t withou...