The Tall Target(1951)
movie - first aired/released 1951-08-17 - 78 min - audience 6.9
Thriller, History, Mystery
Directed by Anthony Mann
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
Dick PowellJohn Kennedy
Paula RaymondGinny Beaufort
Adolphe MenjouCaleb Jeffers
Marshall ThompsonLance Beaufort
Ruby DeeRachel
Richard RoberLt. Coulter
Leif EricksonStranger
Will GeerHomer Crowley
Florence BatesMrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville AldersonMinister (uncredited)- Olive BallHawker (uncredited)
Barbara BillingsleyYoung Mother (uncredited)
Peter BroccoFernandina (uncredited)- George BunnyHawker (uncredited)
- John ButlerMiller (uncredited)
- John CallClerk (uncredited)
- Ken ChristyDetective (uncredited)
- Harry CodyMinor Role (uncredited)
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- Frank ConlanClerk (uncredited)
Clancy CooperBrakeman (uncredited)- Lucille CurtisMinor Role (uncredited)
John DamlerDivision Manager (uncredited)
Robert EastonYoung Southerner (uncredited)
Estelle EtterreLittle Old Lady (uncredited)
Budd FinePinkerton Man (uncredited)- Dan FosterDapper Man (uncredited)
- A. Cameron GrantTrain Passenger (uncredited)
- Robert HainesTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Jonathan HalePassenger from Carolina (uncredited)- Sherry HallMan in Boarding Line (uncredited)
- Alvin HammerTelegraph Operator (uncredited)
- James HarrisonAllan Pinkerton (uncredited)
Paul HarveyMinor Role (uncredited)
Percy HeltonBeamish (uncredited)- Clarence HenneckeHawker (uncredited)
- Marjorie JacksonMinor Role (uncredited)
- Wilfred JacksonNewsboy (uncredited)
- Chester JonesPedestrian (uncredited)
- Nikki JustonMinor Role (uncredited)
- Stapleton KentNew Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Victor KilianJohn K. Gannon (uncredited)- Leslie KimmellAbraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Mitchell LewisSleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett LynnNews Vendor (uncredited)- Robert MalcolmPatrolman (uncredited)
- Mickey MartinDaniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Billy MitchellHawker (uncredited)- Tom MonroeZoaves (uncredited)
Roger MooreMinor Role (uncredited)
Brad MorrowWinfield (uncredited)- Thomas MurrayZoaves (uncredited)
- Lou NovaZouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Tom PowersSimon G. Stroud (uncredited)- Bob RichZoaves (uncredited)
Jeff RichardsPhiladelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Bert RoachPolitician (uncredited)- Phil SchumacherZoaves (uncredited)
- Irving SmithHawker (uncredited)
- Robert SpencerZoaves (uncredited)
- Robert R. StephensonHawker (uncredited)
- Jack SterlingZoaves (uncredited)
- Robert StrongMinor Role (uncredited)
Frank SullyTelegram Messenger (uncredited)- William SundholmHawker (uncredited)
Regis ToomeyInsp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Charles WagenheimTelegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Katherine WarrenMrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Dan WhitePassenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Napoleon WhitingHawker (uncredited)- Wilson WoodDispatcher (uncredited)
- Rodney WootonNewsboy (uncredited)
Will WrightThomas Ogden (uncredited)
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