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Top Billed Cast
Frank McGlynn Sr. Abraham Lincoln
Dickie Moore Tad Lincoln
John Harron John Hay
Raymond Brown Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton
Erville Alderson Secretary of State William H. Seward
Sibyl Harris Mrs. Scott
Nana Bryant Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
Earl Dwire (uncredited)
Gordon Hart Edward Everett (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint Doctor (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe Cabinet Member (uncredited)
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