The Tall Target
1951-08-17A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

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

John Kennedy
Dick Powell

Ginny Beaufort
Paula Raymond

Caleb Jeffers
Adolphe Menjou

Lance Beaufort
Marshall Thompson

Rachel
Ruby Dee

Lt. Coulter
Richard Rober

Stranger
Leif Erickson

Homer Crowley
Will Geer

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Florence Bates

Minister (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Hawker (uncredited)
Olive Ball

Young Mother (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley

Fernandina (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Hawker (uncredited)
George Bunny
Miller (uncredited)
John Butler
Clerk (uncredited)
John Call
Detective (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Cody
Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Conlan

Brakeman (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis

Division Manager (uncredited)
John Damler

Young Southerner (uncredited)
Robert Easton

Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre

Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Dapper Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Train Passenger (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines

Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)
James Harrison

Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Harvey

Beamish (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Hawker (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Jackson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Wilfred Jackson
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Chester Jones
Minor Role (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent

John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis

News Vendor (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
Patrolman (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Mickey Martin

Hawker (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Zoaves (uncredited)
Tom Monroe

Minor Role (uncredited)
Roger Moore

Winfield (uncredited)
Brad Morrow
Zoaves (uncredited)
Thomas Murray
Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Lou Nova

Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Tom Powers
Zoaves (uncredited)
Bob Rich

Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Jeff Richards

Politician (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Zoaves (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Hawker (uncredited)
Irving Smith
Zoaves (uncredited)
Robert Spencer
Hawker (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Zoaves (uncredited)
Jack Sterling
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Strong

Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Hawker (uncredited)
William Sundholm

Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Regis Toomey

Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim

Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Katherine Warren

Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Dan White

Hawker (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Newsboy (uncredited)
Rodney Wooton

Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Will Wright