Film
Abraham Lincoln
United States- Age rating
- PG
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Year
- 1930
The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
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.
Top cast
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Written by
John W. Considine Jr.
Produced by
Joseph M. Schenck
