The Tall Target (1951)
Overview
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $966,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $620,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.387 |
Directed By
Anthony Mann
Crew
Anthony Mann
Richard Goldstone
Paul Vogel
Art Cohn
George Worthing Yates
A. Arnold Gillespie
Sydney Guilaroff
Douglas Shearer
Warren Newcombe
Harry Stradling Jr.
Daniel Mainwaring
William Tuttle
Leslie H. Martinson
Joel Freeman
Edwin B. Willis
Eddie Imazu
Ralph S. Hurst
Newell P. Kimlin
Cedric Gibbons
TOP CAST
Dick Powell
John Kennedy
Paula Raymond
Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou
Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson
Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee
Rachel
Richard Rober
Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson
Stranger
Will Geer
Homer Crowley
Florence Bates
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville Alderson
Minister (uncredited)
Olive Ball
Hawker (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Young Mother (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Fernandina (uncredited)
George Bunny
Hawker (uncredited)
John Butler
Miller (uncredited)
John Call
Clerk (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Detective (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Clerk (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Brakeman (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Minor Role (uncredited)
John Damler
Division Manager (uncredited)
Robert Easton
Young Southerner (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Dapper Man (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
James Harrison
Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Beamish (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Hawker (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
Minor Role (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
News Vendor (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Patrolman (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Hawker (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Zoaves (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Minor Role (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
Winfield (uncredited)
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