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A Failure at Fifty

1940

0h 10m

4.50

Drama, History

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

Cast

Edmund Glover

Abe Lincoln

Mary Anderson

Ann Rutledge

Truman Bradley

Lincoln's Friend

Carey Wilson

Narrator (voice)

George Chesebro

Creditor (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Partner (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Member of the Senate (uncredited)

Edward Coxen

Farmer (uncredited)

Olin Francis

Trader (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Partner (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Partner (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

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Edmund Glover

Mary Anderson

Truman Bradley

Carey Wilson

George Chesebro

Naomi Childers

Jules Cowles

Edward Coxen

Olin Francis

Edward Hearn

Claire McDowell

Jack Mulhall

Emmett Vogan

Margaret Bert

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