Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Directors

William Dieterle

Cast

Alec Craig, Arthur Space, Carl Benton Reid, Charles Dingle, Charles Trowbridge, Frederick Burton, Gayne Whitman, Grant Withers, Harry Holman, J. Edward Bromberg, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Marjorie Main, Montagu Love, Morris Ankrum, Noah Beery, Sr., Regis Toomey, Robert Warwick, Roger Imhof, Russell Simpson, Ruth Hussey, Van Heflin, William Farnum

The story

Runaway tailor's apprentice Andrew Johnson (Van Heflin) wanders into the Tennessee town of Greeneville. He is persuaded to settle there. He barters his services to the librarian, Eliza McCardle (Ruth Hussey), in return for her teaching him to read and write, and eventually marries her.

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