Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Among the most masterful matchups of actor and role in screen history is this stirring film of Robert E. Sherwood's beloved play taking a thoroughly human look at the early years of our 16th President, with all his frailties and strength of character. Best Actor Oscar nominee* Raymond Massey (who originated the role on stage) wonderfully plays the future Great Emancipator in a chronicle of his backwoods childhood through his first romance with Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard) to his phenomenal rise to President Elect, besting the great orator Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart). Ruth Gordon also does memorable work as driven, ambitious Mary Todd Lincoln, whose vision of Abe's leadership destiny will not be denied by anyone ' including her often reticent husband. There's also no denying the enduring emotional power of this simple, magnificent movie.

Director: John Cromwell
Producer: Max Gordon
Actor: Raymond Massey
Actor: Gene Lockhart
Actor: Ruth Gordon
Actor: Mary Howard
Actor: Dorothy Tree
Actor: Maurice Murphy
Actor: Louis Jean Heydt
Actor: Clem Bevans
Actor: Harlan Briggs
Actor: Herbert Rudley
Actor: Minor Watson
Actor: Alan Baxter
Actor: Howard Da Silva
Actor: Aldrich Bowker
Actor: Andy Clyde
Actor: Edmund Elton
Actor: Leona Roberts
Actor: Florence Roberts
Actor: George Rosener
Actor: Trevor Bardette
Actor: Syd Saylor
Actor: Elisabeth Risdon
Actor: Charles Middleton
Actor: Alec Craig
Actor: Napoleon Simpson
Actor: Fay Helm
Actor: Peggy Ann Garner
Actor: Harvey Stephens
Actor: Edwin Mills
Actor: Sonny Bupp
Actor: Henry Blair
Actor: Erville Alderson
Actor: Dorothea Wolbert
Actor: Adda Gleason
Actor: Harry Humphries
Actor: Tom Chatterton
Actor: Robert Middlemass
Actor: Ed Fielding
Actor: Bryant Washburn
Actor: William Worthington
Actor: Lorin Raker
Actor: Ian Wolfe
Actor: Guy Usher
Actor: George Guhl
Actor: Gus Glassmire
Actor: Paul Everton
Actor: Del Henderson
Actor: Wallis Clark
Actor: Paul Guilfoyle
Actor: Victor Kilian
Actor: Emory Parnell
Actor: George Chandler
Actor: Selmer Jackson
Actor: Robert Elliott
Actor: Kathryn Sheldon
Actor: Fern Emmett
Actor: Byron Foulger
Actor: Dick Elliott
Actor: Milt Kibbee
Actor: Landers Stevens
Actor: Esther Dale
Actor: John St. Polis
Actor: William Royle