Young Mr. Lincoln

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.

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Young Mr. Lincoln was released in 1939 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.