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
Budd Fine
as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Roger Moore
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dan White
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Adolphe Menjou
as Caleb Jeffers
Percy Helton
as Beamish (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Minister (uncredited)
Richard Rober
as Lt. Coulter
Billy Mitchell
as Hawker (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Politician (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Robert Easton
as Young Southerner (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dick Powell
as John Kennedy
Brad Morrow
as Winfield (uncredited)
Paula Raymond
as Ginny Beaufort
Marshall Thompson
as Lance Beaufort
Clancy Cooper
as Brakeman (uncredited)
Tom Powers
as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Will Geer
as Homer Crowley
John Damler
as Division Manager (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Leif Erickson
as Stranger
Estelle Etterre
as Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
as Hawker (uncredited)
Florence Bates
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Victor Kilian
as John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
as Fernandina (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Ruby Dee
as Rachel
Barbara Billingsley
as Young Mother (uncredited)