The Tall Target

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.

Thriller History Mystery

Dick Powell

Paula Raymond

(Ginny Beaufort)

Adolphe Menjou

(Caleb Jeffers)

Marshall Thompson

(Lance Beaufort)

Ruby Dee

Richard Rober

Leif Erickson

Will Geer

(Homer Crowley)

Florence Bates

(Mrs. Charlotte Alsop)

Erville Alderson

(Minister (uncredited))

Olive Ball

(Hawker (uncredited))

Barbara Billingsley

(Young Mother (uncredited))

Peter Brocco

(Fernandina (uncredited))

George Bunny

(Hawker (uncredited))

John Butler

(Miller (uncredited))

John Call

(Clerk (uncredited))

Ken Christy

(Detective (uncredited))

Harry Cody

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Frank Conlan

(Clerk (uncredited))

Clancy Cooper

(Brakeman (uncredited))

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))

Dan Foster

(Dapper Man (uncredited))

A. Cameron Grant

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Robert Haines

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Jonathan Hale

(Passenger from Carolina (uncredited))

Sherry Hall

(Man in Boarding Line (uncredited))

Alvin Hammer

(Telegraph Operator (uncredited))

James Harrison

(Allan Pinkerton (uncredited))

Paul Harvey

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Percy Helton

(Beamish (uncredited))

Clarence Hennecke

(Hawker (uncredited))

Marjorie Jackson

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Wilfred Jackson

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Chester Jones

(Pedestrian (uncredited))

Nikki Juston

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Stapleton Kent

(New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited))

Victor Kilian

(John K. Gannon (uncredited))

Leslie Kimmell

(Abraham Lincoln (uncredited))

Mitchell Lewis

(Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited))

Emmett Lynn

(News Vendor (uncredited))

Robert Malcolm

(Patrolman (uncredited))

Mickey Martin

(Daniel - Messenger (uncredited))

Billy Mitchell

(Hawker (uncredited))

Tom Monroe

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Roger Moore

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Brad Morrow

(Winfield (uncredited))

Thomas Murray

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Lou Nova

(Zouave Sergeant (uncredited))

Tom Powers

(Simon G. Stroud (uncredited))

Bob Rich

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Jeff Richards

(Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited))

Bert Roach

(Politician (uncredited))

Phil Schumacher

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Irving Smith

(Hawker (uncredited))

Robert Spencer

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Robert R. Stephenson

(Hawker (uncredited))

Jack Sterling

(Zoaves (uncredited))

Robert Strong

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Frank Sully

(Telegram Messenger (uncredited))

William Sundholm

(Hawker (uncredited))

Regis Toomey

(Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited))

Charles Wagenheim

(Telegraph Clerk (uncredited))

Katherine Warren

(Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited))

Dan White

(Passenger in Club Car (uncredited))

Napoleon Whiting

(Hawker (uncredited))

Wilson Wood

(Dispatcher (uncredited))

Rodney Wooton

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Thomas Ogden (uncredited))