Tennessee Johnson (movie)
- User score: 6.2
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: William Dieterle
- Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hellfire Pictures
- Genre: History, Drama
- Budget: $1,042,000
- Release date: 12/1/1942
- Run time: 103 min.
Movie description
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
