The Tall Target (1951)
You'll never see the target till the very end!
78 min
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
- Release date
- August 17, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $966,000
- Box office
- $620,000
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Cast
- Dick Powell as John Kennedy
- Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort
- Adolphe Menjou as Colonel Caleb Jeffers
- Marshall Thompson as Lance Beaufort
- Ruby Dee as Rachel - Slave Maid
- Richard Rober as Lt. Coulter
- Leif Erickson as Stranger
- Will Geer as Homer Crowley - Train Conductor
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
- Erville Alderson as Minister - Passenger in Club Car
- Barbara Billingsley as Young Mother (uncredited)
- Peter Brocco as Fernandina (uncredited)
- George Bunny as Hawker (uncredited)
- John Butler as Miller (uncredited)
- John Call as Clerk (uncredited)
- Ken Christy as Detective (uncredited)
- Frank Conlan as Clerk (uncredited)
- Clancy Cooper as Brakeman (uncredited)
- John Damler as Division Manager (uncredited)
- Robert Easton as Young Southerner (uncredited)
- Estelle Etterre as Little Old Lady (uncredited)
- Budd Fine as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
- Jonathan Hale as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
- Sherry Hall as Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Crew
- Anthony Mann · Director
- George Worthing Yates · Writer
- Art Cohn · Writer
- Daniel Mainwaring · Writer
- Richard Goldstone · Producer
- Paul Vogel · Cinematographer
- Newell P. Kimlin · Editor