The Tall Target (1951)

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

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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Dick Powell

John Kennedy

Paula Raymond

Ginny Beaufort

Adolphe Menjou

Caleb Jeffers

Marshall Thompson

Lance Beaufort

Ruby Dee

Rachel

Richard Rober

Lt. Coulter

Leif Erickson

Stranger

Will Geer

Homer Crowley

Florence Bates

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Erville Alderson

Minister (uncredited)

O

Olive Ball

Hawker (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Young Mother (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

Fernandina (uncredited)

G

George Bunny

Hawker (uncredited)

J

John Butler

Miller (uncredited)

J

John Call

Clerk (uncredited)

K

Ken Christy

Detective (uncredited)

H

Harry Cody

Minor Role (uncredited)

F

Frank Conlan

Clerk (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Brakeman (uncredited)

L

Lucille Curtis

Minor Role (uncredited)

John Damler

Division Manager (uncredited)

Robert Easton

Young Southerner (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Little Old Lady (uncredited)

Budd Fine

Pinkerton Man (uncredited)

D

Dan Foster

Dapper Man (uncredited)

A

A. Cameron Grant

Train Passenger (uncredited)

R

Robert Haines

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

S

Sherry Hall

Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)

A

Alvin Hammer

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

J

James Harrison

Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)

Paul Harvey

Minor Role (uncredited)

Percy Helton

Beamish (uncredited)

C

Clarence Hennecke

Hawker (uncredited)

M

Marjorie Jackson

Minor Role (uncredited)

W

Wilfred Jackson

Newsboy (uncredited)

C

Chester Jones

Pedestrian (uncredited)

N

Nikki Juston

Minor Role (uncredited)

S

Stapleton Kent

New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

John K. Gannon (uncredited)

L

Leslie Kimmell

Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn

News Vendor (uncredited)

R

Robert Malcolm

Patrolman (uncredited)

M

Mickey Martin

Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)

Billy Mitchell

Hawker (uncredited)

T

Tom Monroe

Zoaves (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Minor Role (uncredited)

Brad Morrow

Winfield (uncredited)

T

Thomas Murray

Zoaves (uncredited)

L

Lou Nova

Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)

Tom Powers

Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)

B

Bob Rich

Zoaves (uncredited)

Jeff Richards

Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)

Bert Roach

Politician (uncredited)

P

Phil Schumacher

Zoaves (uncredited)

I

Irving Smith

Hawker (uncredited)

R

Robert Spencer

Zoaves (uncredited)

R

Robert R. Stephenson

Hawker (uncredited)

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