The Tall Target

1951    78m    Not Rated
Thriller, Mystery,
7.2100%67%69%
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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 Mann
Written By
Art Cohn, George Worthing Yates, Daniel Mainwaring
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast 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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