The Tall Target

The Tall Target

78 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 17, 1951

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

The Tall Target

78 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 17, 1951

The Tall Target
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Tall Target
Directors Anthony Mann, Leslie H. Martinson, Joel Freeman
Writers Art Cohn, George Worthing Yates, Daniel Mainwaring

Cast

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)

Olive Ball

as Hawker (uncredited)

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)

Harry Cody

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

as Clerk (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

as Brakeman (uncredited)

Lucille Curtis

as Minor Role (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)

Dan Foster

as Dapper Man (uncredited)

A. Cameron Grant

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)

Alvin Hammer

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

James Harrison

as Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)

Paul Harvey

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Percy Helton

as Beamish (uncredited)

Clarence Hennecke

as Hawker (uncredited)

Marjorie Jackson

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Wilfred Jackson

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Chester Jones

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Nikki Juston

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Stapleton Kent

as New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as John K. Gannon (uncredited)

Leslie Kimmell

as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn

as News Vendor (uncredited)

Robert Malcolm

as Patrolman (uncredited)

Mickey Martin

as Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell

as Hawker (uncredited)

Tom Monroe

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Roger Moore

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Brad Morrow

as Winfield (uncredited)

Thomas Murray

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Lou Nova

as Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)

Tom Powers

as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)

Bob Rich

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Jeff Richards

as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)

Bert Roach

as Politician (uncredited)

Phil Schumacher

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Irving Smith

as Hawker (uncredited)

Robert Spencer

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

as Hawker (uncredited)

Jack Sterling

as Zoaves (uncredited)

Robert Strong

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Sully

as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

William Sundholm

as Hawker (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)

Wilson Wood

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

Rodney Wooton

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)