The Tall Target

August. 17,1951      NR
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Dick Powell as  John Kennedy
Paula Raymond as  Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou as  Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson as  Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee as  Rachel
Richard Rober as  Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson as  Stranger
Will Geer as  Homer Crowley
Florence Bates as  Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville Alderson as  Minister (uncredited)

Similar titles

Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Inherent Vice 2014
Deeztective
Deeztective
A mystery is afoot in detention
Deeztective 2023
Extreme Job
Extreme Job
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Extreme Job 2019
Killing Lincoln
Killing Lincoln
April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history—the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln.
Killing Lincoln 2013
My Brother's War
My Brother's War
Civil War drama directed by Whitney Hamilton. Grace Kieler disguises herself as a man and takes her brother's place in the Confederate army in an effort to protect him from the horrors of the war. When she meets young war widow Virginia Klaising (Dana Bennison), the two form a bond that may get complicated once Grace reveals her true identity. My Brother's War is based on Hamilton's novel
My Brother's War 2005
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Murder on the Orient Express 2017
From Headquarters
From Headquarters
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
From Headquarters 1933
Moonlight Murder
Moonlight Murder
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Moonlight Murder 1936
Try This One for Size
Try This One for Size
The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), a master thief.
Try This One for Size 1989
Bungalow 13
Bungalow 13
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspects.
Bungalow 13 1948