The Tall Target
17/08/1951
1h 18m



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


Dick Powell
John Kennedy


Paula Raymond
Ginny Beaufort


Adolphe Menjou
Caleb Jeffers


Marshall Thompson
Lance Beaufort


Ruby Dee
Rachel


Richard Rober
Lt. Coulter


Leif Erickson
Stranger


Will Geer
Homer Crowley


Florence Bates
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop


Erville Alderson
Minister (uncredited)
Olive Ball
Hawker (uncredited)


Barbara Billingsley
Young Mother (uncredited)


Peter Brocco
Fernandina (uncredited)
George Bunny
Hawker (uncredited)
John Butler
Miller (uncredited)
John Call
Clerk (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Clerk (uncredited)


Clancy Cooper
Brakeman (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Minor Role (uncredited)


John Damler
Division Manager (uncredited)


Robert Easton
Young Southerner (uncredited)


Estelle Etterre
Little Old Lady (uncredited)


Budd Fine
Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Dapper Man (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Train Passenger (uncredited)


Jonathan Hale
Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
James Harrison
Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)


Paul Harvey
Minor Role (uncredited)


Percy Helton
Beamish (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Hawker (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
Minor Role (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)


Victor Kilian
John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)


Mitchell Lewis
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)


Emmett Lynn
News Vendor (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Patrolman (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)


Billy Mitchell
Hawker (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Zoaves (uncredited)


Roger Moore
Minor Role (uncredited)


Brad Morrow
Winfield (uncredited)
Thomas Murray
Zoaves (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)


Tom Powers
Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Bob Rich
Zoaves (uncredited)


Jeff Richards
Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)


Bert Roach
Politician (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Zoaves (uncredited)
Irving Smith
Hawker (uncredited)
Robert Spencer
Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Hawker (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Minor Role (uncredited)


Frank Sully
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Hawker (uncredited)


Regis Toomey
Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)


Charles Wagenheim
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)


Katherine Warren
Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)


Dan White
Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)


Napoleon Whiting
Hawker (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rodney Wooton
Newsboy (uncredited)


Will Wright
Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
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