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A Failure at Fifty
10 minutes1940-07-01
4.5
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The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Cast
![Edmund Glover](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//q7aIsLMJK8qu2aHMTw51SAzZDko.jpg)
Edmund Glover
Abe Lincoln
![Mary Anderson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oljsgCt04V0dweuY3n1CYgwt0JD.jpg)
Mary Anderson
Ann Rutledge
![Truman Bradley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//CtMfdHzpPd2qASXHpPsnE7IEAx.jpg)
Truman Bradley
Lincoln's Friend
![Carey Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pXnGTnHIJTFpHjGPFzFvmLBwoOD.jpg)
Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)
![Margaret Bert](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Margaret Bert
Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
![George Chesebro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//s8A5WerpnAjIom4ezjiTEcDEOc4.jpg)
George Chesebro
Creditor (uncredited)
![Naomi Childers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bUmI1B1lto7KWFygDcwPkqXNa2L.jpg)
Naomi Childers
Partner (uncredited)
![Jules Cowles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j1JQLQ7vyRylIb4OHaGQlpIHXRd.jpg)
Jules Cowles
Member of the Senate (uncredited)
![Edward Coxen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//msS2eq5NpafWYO4W78SQIiVYS7s.jpg)
Edward Coxen
Farmer (uncredited)
![Olin Francis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vtvpjmiPsDQwk4QIUGxLenffGks.jpg)
Olin Francis
Trader (uncredited)
![Edward Hearn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hoGoldV0nyWdrnf8qqG4zpuzcmq.jpg)
Edward Hearn
Partner (uncredited)
![Claire McDowell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lITEhC4pY2UiqmItzQMBnexxcMU.jpg)
Claire McDowell
Minor Role (uncredited)
![Jack Mulhall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4r33PICmACJZ2Bjum0v1EkvOxbx.jpg)
Jack Mulhall
Partner (uncredited)
![Emmett Vogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gKDRfOG9zZ5lOrNceUSIDI4ZbUh.jpg)