Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Brief Synopsis
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An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood about Abraham Lincoln's early political career as a "frontier lawyer" in Illinois, his life with Mary Todd, the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, and his triumph in the election of 1860 that made him the sixteenth president and effectively brought on th
Cast & Crew
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Edward Sobol
Director
Stephen Courtleigh
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Michaels
Mary Todd
Morton Stevens
Wendell Phillips
Grandon Rhodes
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1945
Synopsis
An adaptation of the play by Robert E. Sherwood about Abraham Lincoln's early political career as a "frontier lawyer" in Illinois, his life with Mary Todd, the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, and his triumph in the election of 1860 that made him the sixteenth president and effectively brought on the War Between the States.
Director
Edward Sobol
Director
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1945
