Summary
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is an American period drama film first released in 1940,
directed by John Cromwell.
The film stars Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard and Minor Watson.
It has also been released under the title: Spirit of the People.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: John Cromwell
- Script: Robert E. Sherwood, Grover Jones
- Photo: James Wong Howe
- Music: Roy Webb
- Cast: Raymond Massey (Abraham Lincoln), Gene Lockhart (Stephen Douglas), Ruth Gordon (Mary Todd Lincoln), Mary Howard (Ann Rutledge), Minor Watson (Joshua Speed), Harvey Stephens (Ninian Edwards), Alan Baxter (Billy Herndon), Howard Da Silva (Jack Armstrong), Dorothy Tree (Elizabeth Edwards), Aldrich Bowker (Judge Bowling Green), Maurice Murphy (John McNeil), Louis Jean Heydt (Mentor Graham), Clem Bevans (Ben Mattingly), Harlan Briggs (Denton Offut), Herbert Rudley (Seth Gale), Andy Clyde (Stage Driver), Roger Imhof (Mr. Crimmin), Edmund Elton (Mr. Rutledge), Leona Roberts (Mrs. Rutledge), Florence Roberts (Mrs. Bowling Green), George Rosener (Dr. Chandler), Trevor Bardette (John Hanks), Syd Saylor (John Johnston), Elisabeth Risdon (Sarah Hanks Lincoln), Charles Middleton (Tom Lincoln), Alec Craig (Trem Cogdall), Erville Alderson (Andrew Jackson), Ted Billings (Onlooker at Debate), Henry Blair (Tad Lincoln), Ed Brady (Raft Steerer), Sonny Bupp (Willie Lincoln), George Chandler, Tom Chatterton, Dan Clark, Wallis Clark (Politician), Jane Corcoran (Woman on Street), John Cromwell (John Brown), Cecil Cunningham (Undetermined Role), Esther Dale (Lincoln’s Cook), Dick Elliott, Robert Elliott, Fern Emmett, Paul Everton, Ed Fielding, Byron Foulger (Politician), Peggy Ann Garner (Little Girl), Gus Glassmire, Adda Gleason (Maid), Jesse Graves (Onlooker at Debate), George Guhl (Greeley’s Secretary), C. Hayes, Fay Helm (Mrs. Seth Gale), Dell Henderson, Harry Humphries (Daniel Webster), George Irving (Colonel Robert E. Lee), Selmer Jackson, Milton Kibbee (Abe’s Friend), Victor Kilian, Robert Middlemass, Edwin Mills (Robert Lincoln), Emory Parnell, Kathleen Proctor (Woman on Street), Lorin Raker, William Royle, Florence Rutledge, Kathryn Sheldon, Napoleon Simpson (Gobey), Landers Stevens, John St. Polis, Guy Usher (Douglas’s Crony), Edward Van Sloan (Dr. Barrett), Bryant Washburn, Dorothea Wolbert (Woman in Store), Ian Wolfe, William Worthington
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 110 min; B&W
- Aka: Spirit of the People
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