A Failure at Fifty

Duration: 10 min

Release date: 1940-07-01

IMDB

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

Drama History

A Failure at Fifty

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Ann Rutledge

as Lincoln's Friend

as Narrator (voice)

as Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

George Chesebro

George Chesebro

as Creditor (uncredited)

as Partner (uncredited)

as Member of the Senate (uncredited)

as Farmer (uncredited)

as Trader (uncredited)

as Partner (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Partner (uncredited)

as 50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

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Daniele Amfitheatrof

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

C. Bakaleinikoff

C. Bakaleinikoff

Original Music Composer

Howard Dimsdale

Howard Dimsdale

Arno B. Reincke

Arno B. Reincke

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