Vers sa destinée (1939)
Le jeune Abraham Lincoln déjà engagé en politique, ambitionne de faire du droit. Il compulse les livres et s'installe quelques années plus tard à Springfield pour exercer en tant qu'avocat. Il végète dans le cabinet d'un confrère plus expérimenté, où s'égrènent les affaires de voisinage. Lors de la fête de l'indépendance, une dispute éclate qui se conclut par un assassinat. Lincoln s'emploie spontanément à la défense des deux présumés meurtriers.
Directeur: John Ford
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Henry Fonda as Abraham Lincoln |
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Alice Brady as Abigail Clay |
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Marjorie Weaver as Mary Todd |
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Arleen Whelan as Sarah Clay |
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Eddie Collins as Efe Turner |
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Pauline Moore as Ann Rutledge |
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Richard Cromwell as Matt Clay |
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Donald Meek as Prosecutor John Felder |
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Eddie Quillan as Adam Clay |
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Spencer Charters as Judge Herbert A. Bell |
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Ward Bond as John Palmer Cass |
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Jack Kelly as Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited) |
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Edwin Maxwell as John T. Stuart (uncredited) |
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Milburn Stone as Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited) |
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Ernie Adams as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited) |
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Sam Ash as Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited) |
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Arthur Aylesworth as New Salem Townsman (uncredited) |
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Dorris Bowdon as Carrie Sue (uncredited) |
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Virginia Brissac as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited) |
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Paul E. Burns as Loafer (uncredited) |
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George Chandler as Loafer (uncredited) |
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Cliff Clark as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited) |
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Frank Dae as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Francis Ford as Sam Boone (uncredited) |
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Harold Goodwin as Jeremiah Carter (uncredited) |
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Charles Halton as Hawthorne (uncredited) |
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Herbert Heywood as Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited) |
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Robert Homans as Mr. Clay (uncredited) |
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Fred Kohler Jr. as Scrub White (uncredited) |
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Dickie Jones as Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited) |
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Kay Linaker as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited) |
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Robert Lowery as Juror Bill Killian (uncredited) |
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James Pier Mason as Juror (uncredited) |
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Louis Mason as Court Clerk (uncredited) |
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Judith Dickens as Carrie Sue (credit only) |
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Ivor McFadden as Juror (uncredited) |
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Tom McGuire as Bailiff (uncredited) |
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Robert Milasch as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Dave Morris as Loafer (uncredited) |
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Frank Orth as Loafer (uncredited) |
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Jack Pennick as Big Buck Troop (uncredited) |
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Randall Stevens as Juror (uncredited) |
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Russell Simpson as Woolridge (uncredited) |
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Charles Tannen as Ninian Edwards (uncredited) |
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Harry Tyler as Barber (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Vaughan as Apple Pie Baker (uncredited) |
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Billy Watson as Boy on Right of Bean Shooter (uncredited) |
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Delmar Watson as Admiring Boy in New Salem (uncredited) |
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Robert Shaw as Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited) |
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Sylvia McClure as Baby Clay (uncredited) |
| Production | Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Writing | Lamar Trotti | Writer |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Royer | Costume Design |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunts |
| Production | Kenneth Macgowan | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Writing | Lamar Trotti | Story |
