History Drama
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Offut
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch

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