The Great Man's Whiskers

May 2, 1972

1h 14m

★ 0.0

Overview

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.

Genres

Comedy

History

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Television

NBC

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Cast

James E. Cooper

Dean Jones

Aunt Margaret Bancroft

Ann Sothern

Abraham Lincoln

Dennis Weaver

Andrew Hogan

John McGiver

Ballad Singer

Harve Presnell

Katherine Witherby

Beth Brickell

Elizabeth Cooper

Cindy Eilbacher

Joseph Somerby

Richard Erdman

Ella

Isabel Sanford

Pearl

Nicole Meggerson

Major Underwood

John Hillerman

Miss Albright

Maudie Prickett

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