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John Ford's film on the early career of Abraham Lincoln, which centers on an apocryphal murder trial, impressed even the great Sergei Eisenstein. It stars Henry Fonda as the title character, who opts for the law after receiving encouragement from his early, ill-fated love, Anne Rutledge (Pauline Moore). Too poor to own even a horse, he arrives in Springfield on a mule and soon establishes a law practice with friend John Stuart (Edwin Maxwell). At a July 4th celebration, a man is murdered in a brawl, and the accused are Matt and Adam Clay (Richard Cromwell and Eddie Quillan), two brothers of a family that Lincoln knows. After saving the two men from a lynch mob, Lincoln becomes their defending attorney, a difficult task since each man claims guilt to spare the other. Admiring his courage, Mary Todd (Marjorie Weaver) invites him to her sister's soiree and expresses an intense interest in his future. More pressing is his meeting with Abigail Clay (Alice Brady), who understandably refuses to tell Lincoln which of her sons is the killer. Although entirely fictional, Ford's fable conveys the essence of the great man's character: honesty, humor, wisdom, and a shrewdness that knew how to take a back road to reach the high road. A triumph of acting, writing, and direction, YOUNG MR. LINCOLN features one of Fonda's greatest screen performances.Product Identifiers
UPC0715515016728
eBay Product ID (ePID)50240745
Product Key Features
ActorHenry Fonda
Sub-GenreBiography
DirectorJohn Ford
GenreDrama
EditionCriterion Edition
LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
Region CodeDVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Movie/TV TitleYoung Mr. Lincoln
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs1
DVD Edition Year2006
Leading RoleHenry Fonda
Signal StandardDvd
Release Date20060110