The Tall Target
1951 · 78 min
Not Rated7.3100%64%70%
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Directed By
Anthony MannWritten By
Daniel Mainwaring, George Worthing Yates, Art CohnStudio
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCast of The Tall Target
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)
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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