Young Mr. Lincoln (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Henry Fonda takes the title role in John Ford's fanciful yet inspiring screen treatment of the Great Emancipator's early life. Having just hung his shingle in Springfield, Illinois, the inexperienced backwoods lawyer must rely on little more than faith in common sense when he opts to defend two settler siblings charged with murder after a fateful brawl. Wonderful slice of pioneer Americana co-stars Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Donald Meek, and Ward Bond. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; interviews; radio play. Two-disc set.

Starring: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Eddy Waller, Robert Shaw, Arthur Aylesworth, Dick Jones, Ivar McFadden, Paul E. Burns, Robert E. Homans, The Dick Jones, Dorris Bowdon, Eddie Collins, Donald Meek, Tiny Jones, Judith Dickens, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond, Milburn Stone, Cliff Clark, Robert Lowery, Charles Tannen, Clarence Wilson, Francis Ford, Fred Kohler Jr., Kay Linaker, Russell Simpson, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Halton, Harry Tyler, Clarence Hummel Wilson, Jack Kelly, Dickie Jones, Robert Homans, Louis Mason, Jack Pennick, Paul Burns, Frank Orth, George Chandler, Dave Morris, Herbert Heywood, Dorothy Vaughan, Virginia Brissac, Arthur Aylsworth, Harold Goodwin, Frank Dae

Director: Darryl F. Zanuck, Hossein Zandbaf, Kenneth MacGowan