

A Failure at Fifty
4.5(2 votes)
1940
0h 10m
Drama
History
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast

Edmund Glover
Abe Lincoln

Mary Anderson
Ann Rutledge

Truman Bradley
Lincoln's Friend

Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert
Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

George Chesebro
Creditor (uncredited)

Naomi Childers
Partner (uncredited)

Jules Cowles
Member of the Senate (uncredited)

Edward Coxen
Farmer (uncredited)

Olin Francis
Trader (uncredited)