# Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: John Ford
**Written by**: Lamar Trotti
**Starring**: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore

> *The story of Abraham Lincoln that has NEVER been told!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Abe Lincoln’s law career starts with a log-cabin education and a doomed romance. His first big case defends two brothers against murder charges in frontier Illinois. Henry Fonda makes Lincoln’s folksy brilliance feel inevitable.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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