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A Failure at Fifty

(1940)

July 1, 1940• 0h 10m
45%
TMDB Score

Overview

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

Will Jason

Director

Top Billed Cast

EG

Edmund Glover

Abe Lincoln

MA

Mary Anderson

Ann Rutledge

TB

Truman Bradley

Lincoln's Friend

CW

Carey Wilson

Narrator (voice)

MB

Margaret Bert

Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

GC

George Chesebro

Creditor (uncredited)

NC

Naomi Childers

Partner (uncredited)

JC

Jules Cowles

Member of the Senate (uncredited)

EC

Edward Coxen

Farmer (uncredited)

OF

Olin Francis

Trader (uncredited)