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
Cast
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)
Barbara Billingsley
as Young Mother (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
as Fernandina (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
as Brakeman (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)
Jonathan Hale
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton
as Beamish (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
as Hawker (uncredited)
Roger Moore
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
as Winfield (uncredited)
Tom Powers
as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Politician (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Telegram Messenger (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)
Will Wright
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
George Worthing Yates
Screenplay
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
George Worthing Yates
Story
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Leslie H. Martinson
Script Supervisor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration