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YOUNG MR. LINCOLN

Directed by John Ford
United States, 1939
Drama, Biography, History
  • 100100 minutes

Synopsis

Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, as he moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice and defends two brothers in an incendiary murder case, suffers the death of his girlfriend Ann, courts his future wife Mary Todd, and agrees to go into politics.

Synopsis

Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, as he moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice and defends two brothers in an incendiary murder case, suffers the death of his girlfriend Ann, courts his future wife Mary Todd, and agrees to go into politics.