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Tennessee Johnson

1942, Movie, NR, 103 mins

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The life of Andrew Johnson, the only President ever to face impeachment proceedings by Congress (the motion to oust him failed by one vote), gets the Hollywood treatment in this slightly above-average biography. Heflin is the backwoods boy who flees a cruel tailor to whom he has been apprenticed and finds his way to the town where Hussey is schoolteacher. She teaches him to read and write and soon he is leading a voting rights crusade. When the Civil War erupts, Heflin's loy... read more leave a comment

Tennessee Johnson: Cast & Details

Year: 1942
Rated NR

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Cast
Van Heflin: Andrew Johnson
Ruth Hussey: Eliza McCardle
Lionel Barrymore: Thad Stevens
Marjorie Main: Mrs. Fisher
Regis Toomey: McDaniel
Montagu Love: Chief Justice Chase

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