The Tall Target (1951)
1h 18m
Running Time
August 17, 1951Release Date
The Tall Target (1951)
1h 18m
Running Time
August 17, 1951Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Dick Powell
John Kennedy
Paula Raymond
Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou
Colonel Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson
Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee
Rachel - Slave Maid
Richard Rober
Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson
Stranger
Will Geer
Homer Crowley - Train Conductor
Florence Bates
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Olive Ball
Hawker (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Minister - Passenger in Club Car
Anthony Mann
Director
Barbara Billingsley
Young Mother (uncredited)
George Worthing Yates
Writer
Peter Brocco
Fernandina (uncredited)
George Bunny
Hawker (uncredited)
Art Cohn
Writer
John Butler
Miller (uncredited)
Daniel Mainwaring
Writer
John Call
Clerk (uncredited)
Richard Goldstone
Producer
Ken Christy
Detective (uncredited)
Paul Vogel
Cinematographer
Harry Cody
Minor Role (uncredited)
Newell P. Kimlin
Editor
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)
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 17, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Content RatingNR
Budget$966,000
Box Office$620,000
Genres
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Wiki.
The Tall Target is a 1951 American historical crime film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond and Adolphe Menjou. Powell stars as a police sergeant who tries to stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at a train stop as Lincoln travels to his inauguration. It is based on the alleged Baltimore Plot.The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eddie Imazu and Cedric Gibbons.