The Tall Target

Anthony Mann
1951-08-17

You'll never see the target till the very end!
6.9
78 min

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

Cast

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