Young Mr. Lincoln

Name: Young Mr. Lincoln
Released: 1939-5-30
Cast: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins

Young Mr. Lincoln

NR
1h 40m
1939

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Henry Fonda's great stamp on the Lincoln character, directed by John Ford and featuring ten years in the President's life.

Director:

John Ford

Writer:

Lamar Trotti

Cast:

Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek, Dorris Bowdon, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

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Critics Consensus: Young Mr. Lincoln smartly sidesteps the grandeur of the 16th president's historical significance and instead hones in on his modest decency, powerfully embodied by Henry Fonda.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

John Ford, as responsible as any filmmaker in shaping our view of US history, here elects to offer a peek at an icon before national events dictated his destiny and sealed his lofty reputation.

We are never as far from the past as we like to think.

As Eisenstein pointed out, Ford would go on to make grander, greater films. But none were quite so discreetly powerful as Young Mr. Lincoln .

Modern audiences will no doubt find the trial portion of the film quaint, but Fonda plays Lincoln with such calm, centered confidence that it's also a refreshing change of pace from the aggressive histrionics of today's cop/legal thrillers and TV shows.

Outstanding, inspirational story of Honest Abe's early days.

August 15, 2017

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