Tennessee Johnson

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.

• William DieterleDirector
• John L. BalderstonScreenplay
• Wells RootScreenplay
• Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer

• Van HeflinAndrew Johnson
• Lionel BarrymoreThaddeus Stevens
• Ruth HusseyEliza McCardle Johnson
• Marjorie MainMrs. Maude Fisher
• Regis ToomeyBlackstone McDaniel
• J. Edward BrombergCoke
• Grant WithersMordecai Milligan
• Alec CraigSam Andrews
• Charles DingleSenator Jim Waters
• Carl Benton ReidCongressman Hargrove
• Russell HicksLincoln's Emissary
• Noah BeerySheriff Cass (as Noah Beery Sr.)