The Tall Target

Name: The Tall Target
Genre: Thriller, History, Mystery
Released: 1951-08-17
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee

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

Thriller History Mystery

The Tall Target(1951)

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

Thriller History Mystery

6.8/ 10 (42 votes)

1h 18m

1951-08-17

Budget: $1.0M

Revenue: $0.6M

Overview

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

DirectorAnthony Mann

ScreenplayArt Cohn

ScreenplayGeorge Worthing Yates

StoryDaniel Mainwaring

Cast

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Keywords

detectivetreasonnight trainpolitical assassinationamerican civil warassassination of presidentabraham lincolnsleeper trainpolitical conspiracy

The Tall Target

The Tall Target(1951)

Overview

Cast

Dick Powell

Paula Raymond

Adolphe Menjou

Marshall Thompson

Ruby Dee

Richard Rober

Leif Erickson

Will Geer

Florence Bates

Erville Alderson

Olive Ball

Barbara Billingsley