The Tall Target
The Tall Target
Release: 1951-08-17
·Runtime: 78m
·★ 6.8
Thriller
History
Mystery
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Richard Rober
as Lt. Coulter
Roger Moore
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
as Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Leif Erickson
as Stranger
Peter Brocco
as Fernandina (uncredited)
Robert Easton
as Young Southerner (uncredited)
Will Geer
as Homer Crowley
Percy Helton
as Beamish (uncredited)
Dan White
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Florence Bates
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Emmett Lynn
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Budd Fine
as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell
as John Kennedy
Adolphe Menjou
as Caleb Jeffers
Paul Harvey
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Ruby Dee
as Rachel
Billy Mitchell
as Hawker (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
as Winfield (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
as Hawker (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Marshall Thompson
as Lance Beaufort
Tom Powers
as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Politician (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
John Damler
as Division Manager (uncredited)
Paula Raymond
as Ginny Beaufort
Erville Alderson
as Minister (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
as Young Mother (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
as Brakeman (uncredited)