About the film
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The Tall Target
Release Date: August 17, 1951
| Year | : | 1951 |
| Slogan | : | «You'll never see the target till the very end!» |
| Genres | : | Mystery, Thriller, History |
| Production Companies | : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Director | : | Anthony Mann |
| Producers | : | Richard Goldstone |
| Writers | : | Daniel Mainwaring, George Worthing Yates, George Worthing Yates, Art Cohn |
| RunTime | : | 78 mins. |
| Budget | : | 966000 |
| Revenue | : | 620000 |
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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Main Actors
Dick Powell
Character : John Kennedy
Paula Raymond
Character : Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou
Character : Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson
Character : Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee
Character : Rachel
Richard Rober
Character : Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson
Character : Stranger
Will Geer
Character : Homer Crowley
Florence Bates
Character : Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville Alderson
Character : Minister (uncredited)
Olive Ball
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Character : Young Mother (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Character : Fernandina (uncredited)
George Bunny
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
John Butler
Character : Miller (uncredited)
John Call
Character : Clerk (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Character : Detective (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Character : Clerk (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Character : Brakeman (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
John Damler
Character : Division Manager (uncredited)
Robert Easton
Character : Young Southerner (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Character : Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Character : Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Character : Dapper Man (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Character : Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Character : Train Passenger (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Character : Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Character : Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Character : Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
James Harrison
Character : Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Character : Beamish (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
Character : Newsboy (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Character : Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
Character : New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Character : John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell
Character : Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Character : Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Character : News Vendor (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Character : Patrolman (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
Character : Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
Character : Winfield (uncredited)
Thomas Murray
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Lou Nova
Character : Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Tom Powers
Character : Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Bob Rich
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Character : Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Character : Politician (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Irving Smith
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Robert Spencer
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Character : Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Character : Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Character : Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Character : Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Character : Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
Character : Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Dan White
Character : Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
Character : Hawker (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Character : Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rodney Wooton
Character : Newsboy (uncredited)
Will Wright
Character : Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
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