The Tall Target

The Tall Target (1951)

You'll never see the target till the very end!

  • Genre: Thriller, History, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1951-08-17
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 37 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Anthony Mann
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Summary

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

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  • 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)
Camera Paul Vogel Director of Photography
Directing Anthony Mann Director
Writing Art Cohn Screenplay
Production Richard Goldstone Producer
Writing George Worthing Yates Screenplay
Crew A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hair Designer
Crew Warren Newcombe Special Effects
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Writing Daniel Mainwaring Story
Directing Leslie H. Martinson Script Supervisor
Directing Joel Freeman Assistant Director
Camera Harry Stradling Jr. Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up William Tuttle Makeup Designer
Writing George Worthing Yates Story
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Editing Newell P. Kimlin Editor
Art Eddie Imazu Art Direction
Art Ralph S. Hurst Set Decoration

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