The Tall Target
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| The Tall Target | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Produced by | Richard Goldstone |
| Written by | George Worthing Yates (story and screenplay) Daniel Mainwaring (story, as Geoffrey Homes) Art Cohn (screenplay) |
| Starring | Dick Powell Paula Raymond |
| Cinematography | Paul Vogel |
| Editing by | Newell P. Kimlin |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | August 17, 1951 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Tall Target is a 1951 thriller film starring Dick Powell as a detective who tries to stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on a train taking the newly-elected president to his inauguration. It is based on the alleged Baltimore Plot.
[edit] Cast
- Dick Powell as John Kennedy
- Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort
- Adolphe Menjou as Colonel Caleb Jeffers
- Marshall Thompson as Lance Beaufort
- Ruby Dee as Rachel
- Richard Rober as Lieutenant Coulter
- Leif Erickson as Stranger
- Will Geer as Homer Crowley
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
[edit] External links
- The Tall Target at the Internet Movie Database
- The Tall Target at the TCM Movie Database
- The Tall Target at AllRovi
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