The Tall Target
Thriller | History
Release Date
August 17, 1951
Duration
78 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Casts
John Kennedy
Dick Powell
Ginny Beaufort
Paula Raymond
Caleb Jeffers
Adolphe Menjou
Lance Beaufort
Marshall Thompson
Rachel
Ruby Dee
Lt. Coulter
Richard Rober
Stranger
Leif Erickson
Homer Crowley
Will Geer
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Florence Bates
Minister (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Hawker (uncredited)
Olive Ball
Young Mother (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Fernandina (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Hawker (uncredited)
George Bunny
Miller (uncredited)
John Butler
Clerk (uncredited)
John Call
Detective (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Brakeman (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Division Manager (uncredited)
John Damler
Young Southerner (uncredited)
Robert Easton
Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Dapper Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Train Passenger (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)
James Harrison
Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Beamish (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Hawker (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Minor Role (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
News Vendor (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Patrolman (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Hawker (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Zoaves (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Minor Role (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Winfield (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
Zoaves (uncredited)
Thomas Murray
Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Tom Powers
Zoaves (uncredited)
Bob Rich
Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Politician (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Zoaves (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Hawker (uncredited)
Irving Smith
Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert Spencer
Hawker (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Zoaves (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Hawker (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Dan White
Hawker (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Newsboy (uncredited)
Rodney Wooton
Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Will Wright
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