It's certainly not on the caliber of his finest works, but Young Mr. Lincoln is still a fine John Ford film. Focusing on Abraham Lincoln's first court case, it veers a little too much into Sherlock Holmes territory, but does a good job of humanizing the legend. This is helped in part by Henry Fonda's excellent performance; he really shines, especially when making bawdy jokes. The ending sequence, where Lincoln symbolically steps forward into legend, is a piece of virtuoso filmmaking few directors could pull of.
Review of Young Mr. Lincoln
