Movie
The Tall Target
Released: August 17, 1951 (1951)
Runtime: 78 minutes
Genres: Thriller, History, Mystery
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Erville Alderson as Minister (uncredited)
Age at release: 68
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Age at release: 63
- Adolphe Menjou as Caleb Jeffers
Age at release: 61
- Will Geer as Homer Crowley
Age at release: 49
- Dick Powell as John Kennedy
Age at release: 46
- Richard Rober as Lt. Coulter
Age at release: 41
- Leif Erickson as Stranger
Age at release: 39
- Ruby Dee as Rachel
Age at release: 28
- Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort
Age at release: 26
- Marshall Thompson as Lance Beaufort
Age at release: 25
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- George Bunny as Hawker (uncredited)
Age at release: 84
- John Butler as Miller (uncredited)
Age at release: 67
- Jonathan Hale as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Age at release: 60
- Sherry Hall as Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Ken Christy as Detective (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Budd Fine as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Robert Haines as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Harry Cody as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
- Estelle Etterre as Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
- A. Cameron Grant as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Peter Brocco as Fernandina (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
- Clancy Cooper as Brakeman (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- John Call as Clerk (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Barbara Billingsley as Young Mother (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
- Lucille Curtis as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 32
- John Damler as Division Manager (uncredited)
Age at release: 32
- Robert Easton as Young Southerner (uncredited)
Age at release: 20
- Olive Ball as Hawker (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Frank Conlan as Clerk (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Dan Foster as Dapper Man (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown