The Tall Target

6.788

78 minutes

8/17/1951

Overview

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

Cast List

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