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The Tall Target poster

The Tall Target

You'll never see the target till the very end!

1951 1h 18m 6.8Movie
ThrillerHistoryMystery

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

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Anthony Mann

Director

Art Cohn

Screenplay

George Worthing Yates

Screenplay, Story

Daniel Mainwaring

Story

Top Cast

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

John Kennedy

Paula Raymond

Paula Raymond

Ginny Beaufort

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Caleb Jeffers

Marshall Thompson

Marshall Thompson

Lance Beaufort

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

Rachel

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

Lt. Coulter

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

Stranger

Will Geer

Will Geer

Homer Crowley

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Minister (uncredited)

Olive Ball

Hawker (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Barbara Billingsley

Young Mother (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Peter Brocco

Fernandina (uncredited)

George Bunny

Hawker (uncredited)

John Butler

Miller (uncredited)

John Call

Clerk (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Ken Christy

Detective (uncredited)

Harry Cody

Minor Role (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

Clerk (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Clancy Cooper

Brakeman (uncredited)

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