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Name: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Released: 1940-2-12
Cast: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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1h 49m
1940

86%

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One man stands tall, destined to guide a fractured United States through its greatest crisis. In this riveting adaptation of Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, follow the life of a young Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Working as a woodsman taming the Western frontier, young Lincoln (Raymond Massey) falls in love with Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard) but weds the mercurial Mary Todd (Ruth Gordon). As he develops a law practice, Lincoln is drawn to politics--and the seminal debates with Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart)--as the struggle to end slavery in America threatens to erupt into war.

Director:

John Cromwell

Producer:

Max Gordon

Writer:

Robert E. Sherwood, Grover Jones

Cast:

Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Tree

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

If Young Mr. Lincoln, starring Henry Fonda, offers a smoother ride from first frame to last, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, released approximately 10 months later, offers a greater number of individual scenes that serve to energize and inspire.

The most distinguished motion picture of the year.

February 1, 2022

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Video-Reviewmaster.com

Steve Crum

Fine characterization of Lincoln by Raymond Massey with strong period look and feel.

June 21, 2017

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

A serviceable biopic.

John Cromwell's historically inaccurate biopic, which is inferior to Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln, was nonetheless nominated for two Oscars: Raymond Massey and cinematography.

June 21, 2017

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