Tennessee Johnson
|Tennessee Johnson
Status: Released
Runtime: 103
Release Date: 01/12/1942
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: US
Languages: English
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-MayerHellfire Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Budget: 1042000
Revenue: 0 (-1042000)
History
Drama
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.
