The Tall Target
Thriller
History
Mystery
You'll never see the target till the very end!
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
1951-08-17
en
Cast
Director
Anthony Mann
Dick Powell as John Kennedy
Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou as Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson as Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee as Rachel
Richard Rober as Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson as Stranger
Will Geer as Homer Crowley
Florence Bates as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville Alderson as Minister (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley as Young Mother (uncredited)
Peter Brocco as Fernandina (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)
Paul Harvey as Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton as Beamish (uncredited)
Victor Kilian as John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn as News Vendor (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell as Hawker (uncredited)
Roger Moore as Minor Role (uncredited)
Brad Morrow as Winfield (uncredited)
Tom Powers as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Jeff Richards as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Bert Roach as Politician (uncredited)
Frank Sully as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Regis Toomey as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Katherine Warren as Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Dan White as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting as Hawker (uncredited)
Will Wright as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)