Vers sa destinée
Young Mr. Lincoln
Le jeune Abraham Lincoln déjà engagé en politique, ambitionne de faire du droit. Il compulse les livres et s'installe quelques années plus tard à Springfield pour exercer en tant qu'avocat. Il végète dans le cabinet d'un confrère plus expérimenté, où s'égrènent les affaires de voisinage. Lors de la fête de l'indépendance, une dispute éclate qui se conclut par un assassinat. Lincoln s'emploie spontanément à la défense des deux présumés meurtriers.
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- Released
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
Eddie Quillan
— Adam Clay
Spencer Charters
— Judge Herbert A. Bell
Ward Bond
— John Palmer Cass
Jack Kelly
— Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
— John T. Stuart (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
— Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
— Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Sam Ash
— Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
— New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
Dorris Bowdon
— Carrie Sue (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
— Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
— Loafer (uncredited)
George Chandler
— Loafer (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
— Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
Frank Dae
— Townsman (uncredited)
Francis Ford
— Sam Boone (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
— Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)
Charles Halton
— Hawthorne (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
— Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited)
Robert Homans
— Mr. Clay (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.
— Scrub White (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
— Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)