청년 링컨이 미국 정계에 입문하기 전의 상황이다. 약관의 나이에 변호사가 된 그는 아직은 풋내기지만 정의감이 강하다. 그는 첫 사건으로 살인혐의를 받은 두 청년의 변호 건을 맡게 된다. 이 과정에서 시골뜨기에 불과했던 그가 비로소 법률을 통해 자신의 뜻을 피력하게 된다. 또 켄터키주에서 온 메리 토드라는 아가씨와 만나게 되고, 그녀는 미래의 아내가 된다. 가끔 실수도 하지만 인간미가 있고, 실패를 통해서 점점 배워나가는 이 정직한 인물은 이제 정계에 입문하게 된다.
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Henry Fonda
Abraham Lincoln
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Alice Brady
Abigail Clay
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Marjorie Weaver
Mary Todd
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Arleen Whelan
Sarah Clay
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Eddie Collins
Efe Turner
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Pauline Moore
Ann Rutledge
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Richard Cromwell
Matt Clay
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Donald Meek
Prosecutor John Felder
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Eddie Quillan
Adam Clay
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Spencer Charters
Judge Herbert A. Bell
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Ward Bond
John Palmer Cass
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Jack Kelly
Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
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Edwin Maxwell
John T. Stuart (uncredited)
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Milburn Stone
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
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Ernie Adams
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
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Sam Ash
Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited)
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Arthur Aylesworth
New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
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Dorris Bowdon
Carrie Sue (uncredited)
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Virginia Brissac
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
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Frank Orth
Loafer (uncredited)
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Cliff Clark
Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
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Robert Milasch
Townsman (uncredited)
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Francis Ford
Sam Boone (uncredited)
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Harold Goodwin
Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)
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Charles Halton
Hawthorne (uncredited)
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Herbert Heywood
Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited)
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Robert Homans
Mr. Clay (uncredited)
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Fred Kohler Jr.
Scrub White (uncredited)
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Dickie Jones
Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
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Kay Linaker
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
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Robert Lowery
Juror Bill Killian (uncredited)
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Jim Mason
Juror (uncredited)
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Louis Mason
Court Clerk (uncredited)
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Tom McGuire
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Jack Pennick
Big Buck Troop (uncredited)
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Russell Simpson
Woolridge (uncredited)
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Charles Tannen
Ninian Edwards (uncredited)
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Harry Tyler
Barber (uncredited)
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Dorothy Vaughan
Apple Pie Baker (uncredited)
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Robert Shaw
Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited)
