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The Tall Target

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Calorie Rating: 110
Released: 1951-08-17
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Budget: 966000
Revenue 620000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

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

Director / Directors

Anthony Mann

Director

Leslie H. Martinson

Script Supervisor

Joel Freeman

Assistant Director

Cast

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)

Production and Crew

Art Cohn

Screenplay

Paul Vogel

Director of Photography

George Worthing Yates

Screenplay

Richard Goldstone

Producer

Ralph S. Hurst

Set Decoration

Newell P. Kimlin

Editor

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Eddie Imazu

Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Sydney Guilaroff

Hair Designer

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

George Worthing Yates

Story

Daniel Mainwaring

Story

William Tuttle

Makeup Designer

Harry Stradling Jr.

Assistant Camera