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The Tall Target

You'll never see the target till the very end!

1951★ 6.9 · 461h 18mThrillerHistoryMystery

Overview

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

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Cast

Roger Moore
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Leif Erickson
as Stranger

Ruby Dee
as Rachel

Will Geer
as Homer Crowley

Regis Toomey
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley
as Young Mother (uncredited)

Dick Powell
as John Kennedy

Robert Easton
as Young Southerner (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

Marshall Thompson
as Lance Beaufort

Florence Bates
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Adolphe Menjou
as Caleb Jeffers

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6.9/ 10

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6.9

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Release date: 1951-08-17

Budget: $966,000

Revenue: $620,000

Runtime: 1h 18m

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ThrillerHistoryMystery

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