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A Failure at Fifty poster

A Failure at Fifty(1940)

July 1, 194010m

55%User score 55 percent

User Score

4 votes

Overview

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

Director: Will Jason
Writers: Howard Dimsdale, Arno B. Reincke

Top Billed Cast

Edmund Glover
Abe Lincoln
Mary Anderson
Ann Rutledge
Truman Bradley
Lincoln's Friend
Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)

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Farmer (uncredited)

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Minor Role (uncredited)

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: A Failure at Fifty
Original language: English
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords

failure
stranger
mysterious stranger
abraham lincoln
perseverance
life challenges
fifty

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