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The Tall Target (1951)

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

6.9(45)1h 18mAugust 17, 1951

Thriller History Mystery

Anthony Mann

Director

Art Cohn, George Worthing Yates, George Worthing Yates

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

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

Cast

Dick Powell

John Kennedy

Paula Raymond

Ginny Beaufort

Adolphe Menjou

Caleb Jeffers

Marshall Thompson

Lance Beaufort

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Ruby Dee

Rachel

Richard Rober

Lt. Coulter

Leif Erickson

Stranger

Will Geer

Homer Crowley

Florence Bates

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Erville Alderson

Minister (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Young Mother (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Fernandina (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Brakeman (uncredited)

John Damler

Division Manager (uncredited)

Robert Easton

Young Southerner (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Little Old Lady (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: August 17, 1951
Budget: $966,000
Revenue: $620,000
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America

Keywords

detectivetreasonnight trainpolitical assassinationamerican civil war

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