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A Failure at Fifty

5.5/ 10194010m

DramaHistory

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

Directed by Will Jason

The cast

Faces behind the story

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)