Tennessee Johnson
(1942)
★ 6.7 IMDb · 10 votes
Year: 1942
Runtime: 103 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Ван Хефлин, Лайонел Бэрримор, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Regis Toomey, Дж. Эдвард Бромберг, Grant Withers, Alec Craig, Charles Dingle, Carl Benton Reid
Plot
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.