Drama History
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Directed by
John Cromwell
Ruth Gordon
Mary Todd Lincoln
Herbert Rudley
Seth Gale
Ian Wolfe
Horace Greeley (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
John Hanks
Raymond Massey
Abe Lincoln
Emory Parnell
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Chandler
Minor Role (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Politician (uncredited)
Esther Dale
Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Alan Baxter
Billy Herndon
Gene Lockhart
Stephen Douglas
Dorothy Tree
Elizabeth Edwards
Charles Middleton
Tom Lincoln
Clem Bevans
Ben Mattling
Syd Saylor
John Johnston
Peggy Ann Garner
Little Girl (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens
Ninian Edwards
Paul Guilfoyle
Minor Role (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Minor Role (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Mentor Graham
Dell Henderson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Aide to Stephen Douglas (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Howard Da Silva
Jack Armstrong
Minor Watson
Joshua Speed
Elisabeth Risdon
Sarah Lincoln
William Worthington
Minor Role (uncredited)
Andy Clyde
Stage Driver
Florence Roberts
Mrs. Bowling Green
Dick Elliott
Politician (uncredited)
Robert Middlemass
Minor Role (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert
Woman in Store (uncredited)
George Guhl
Greeley's Secretary (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs
Denton Offut
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Irving
Colonel Robert E. Lee (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Douglas's Crony (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Politician (uncredited)
Roger Imhof
Mr. Crimmin
Milton Kibbee
Abe's Friend (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Raft Steerer (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
Dr. Barrett (uncredited)
Fay Helm
Mrs. Seth Gale (uncredited)
John St. Polis
Minor Role (uncredited)
William Royle
Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Everton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn
Minor Role (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
John McNeil
Erville Alderson
Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Trum Cogdall
Mary Howard
Ann Rutledge
Robert Elliott
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Rutledge
Landers Stevens
Minor Role (uncredited)
Aldrich Bowker
Judge Bowling Green
Ted Billings
Onlooker at Debate (uncredited)
Adda Gleason
Maid (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Kathryn Sheldon
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Minor Role (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Willie Lincoln (uncredited)
Dan Clark
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jesse Graves
Onlooker at Debate (uncredited)
Lorin Raker
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jane Corcoran
Woman on Street (uncredited)
Edmund Elton
Mr. Rutledge
George Rosener
Dr. Chandler
Henry Blair
Tad Lincoln (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire
Minor Role (uncredited)
C. Hayes
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Humphries
Daniel Webster (uncredited)
Edwin Mills
Robert Lincoln (uncredited)
Kathleen Proctor
Woman on Street (uncredited)
Florence Rutledge
Minor Role (uncredited)
Napoleon Simpson
Gobey (uncredited)

Your rating