Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by MetroGoldwynMayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg, Alvin Meyers, John Balderston, and Wells Root.

Runaway tailors apprentice Andrew Johnson Van Heflin wanders into the Tennessee town of Greeneville. He is persuaded to settle there. He barters his services to the librarian, Eliza McCardle Ruth Hussey, in return for her teaching him to read and write and eventually marries her.Stung by the injustice of the monopoly of power by the landowners and with the encouragement of his wife, Johnson starts organizing political meetings. One is broken up by the powers that be in the resulting fighting, one of Johnsons friends is killed. He dissuades the others from resorting to violence. Instead, he is talked into running for sheriff and is elected. By 1860, the eve of the American Civil War, he has risen to the United States Senate. ........

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