The Tall Target
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride in 1861.
Daniel Mainwaring
Anthony Mann
Casts & Crew
Dick Powell
Paula Raymond
Adolphe Menjou
Marshall Thompson
Ruby Dee
Richard Rober
Leif Erickson
Will Geer
Florence Bates
Erville Alderson
Olive Ball
Barbara Billingsley
Peter Brocco
George Bunny
John Butler
John Call
Ken Christy
Harry Cody
Frank Conlan
Clancy Cooper
Lucille Curtis
John Damler
Robert Easton
Estelle Etterre
Budd Fine
Dan Foster
A. Cameron Grant
Robert Haines
Jonathan Hale
Sherry Hall
Alvin Hammer
James Harrison
Paul Harvey
Percy Helton
Clarence Hennecke
Marjorie Jackson
Wilfred Jackson
Chester Jones
Nikki Juston
Stapleton Kent
Victor Kilian
Leslie Kimmell
Mitchell Lewis
Emmett Lynn
Robert Malcolm
Mickey Martin
Billy Mitchell
Tom Monroe
Roger Moore
Brad Morrow
Thomas Murray
Lou Nova
Tom Powers
Bob Rich
Jeff Richards
Bert Roach
Phil Schumacher
Irving Smith
Robert Spencer
Robert R. Stephenson
Jack Sterling
Robert Strong
Frank Sully
William Sundholm
Regis Toomey
Charles Wagenheim
Katherine Warren
Dan White
Napoleon Whiting
Wilson Wood
Rodney Wooton
Will Wright
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