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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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Release Date:
9 June 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
The story of Abraham Lincoln that has NEVER been told!Plot:
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
Young Henry Fonda is young Mr. Lincoln more (34 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Henry Fonda | ... | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Alice Brady | ... | Abigail Clay | |
| Marjorie Weaver | ... | Mary Todd | |
| Arleen Whelan | ... | Sarah Clay | |
| Eddie Collins | ... | Efe Turner | |
| Pauline Moore | ... | Ann Rutledge | |
| Richard Cromwell | ... | Matt Clay | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Prosecutor John Felder | |
| Judith Dickens | ... | Carrie Sue | |
| Eddie Quillan | ... | Adam Clay | |
| Spencer Charters | ... | Judge Herbert A. Bell | |
| Ward Bond | ... | John Palmer Cass | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tiny Jones | ... | (scenes deleted) (as Elizabeth Jones) | |
| Eddy Waller | ... | Father (scenes deleted) | |
| Clarence Wilson | ... | Dr. Mason (scenes deleted) | |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
100 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Sacramento, California, USAFun Stuff
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John Ford and producer Darryl F. Zanuck fought an extended battle over control of the film. Ford even had unused takes of the film destroyed so the studio could not insert them into the movie. One scene that Ford insisted on cutting was a scene where Lincoln met his future assassin, a very young John Wilkes Booth. moreQuotes:
Abe Lincoln: [questioning Cass about Scrub's death] What were you and Scrub arguing about?John Palmer Cass: I'd rather not say.
Abe Lincoln: Oh, you'd rather not say. Well, Jack, I'd rather you did say.
John Palmer Cass: All right. We was arguin' about politics.
Abe Lincoln: Well, that's something new to argue about.
John Palmer Cass: I've learned some since, but I told Scrub I thought you had at least as much political sense in you as Stephen Douglas. Scrub got as mad as a wet hen and said you didn't!
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Battle Hymn of the Republic moreFAQ
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Henry Fonda brilliantly captures what we have long believed Abraham Lincoln was like. It is a fooler. Through Fonda's performance we are led to believe (on the surface) that Abraham Lincoln was a country bumpkin. But, through his confrontation with the lynch mob and especially during the court proceedings, you can see that beneath the exterior posturings is a brilliant man who has a very good command of what is going on around him and how to influence the people around him.
In this movie Henry Fonda shows that he has a very good grasp of how to present humor. It is an aspect of him that has been lost over the years. When he is telling stories and jokes he has the timing down perfect. There is a sequence in the trial that had me laughing quite hard. He shows this gift again in The Lady Eve in 1940.
The ending by John Ford is absolutely brilliant with Henry Fonda going to the top of a hill and in the distance a tremendous storm symbolic of the Civil War. He goes forward into history. The movie is fiction but the insight into Lincoln is tremendous. Definitely worth seeing again.