The read
A Balasaur Score of 61 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
42 audience votes
Key crew
- D.W. GriffithDirector
Cast
- Walter HustonAbraham Lincoln
- Una MerkelAnn Rutledge
- William L. ThorneTom Lincoln
- Lucille La VerneMid-Wife
- Helen FreemanNancy Hanks Lincoln
- Otto HoffmanOffut
- Edgar DearingArmstrong
- Russell SimpsonLincoln's Employer
- Charles CrockettSheriff
- Kay HammondMary Todd Lincoln
- Helen WareMrs. Edwards
- E. Alyn WarrenStephen A. Douglas / General Grant
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Themes
assassinationillinoisbiographydebatecourtshipamerican civil waremancipationabolitionistabraham lincolnproclamationford's theatre