The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
48 audience votes
Key crew
- Anthony MannDirector
- Art CohnScreenplay
- George Worthing YatesScreenplay
Cast
- Dick PowellJohn Kennedy
- Paula RaymondGinny Beaufort
- Adolphe MenjouCaleb Jeffers
- Marshall ThompsonLance Beaufort
- Ruby DeeRachel
- Richard RoberLt. Coulter
- Leif EricksonStranger
- Will GeerHomer Crowley
- Florence BatesMrs. Charlotte Alsop
- Erville AldersonMinister (uncredited)
- Olive BallHawker (uncredited)
- Barbara BillingsleyYoung Mother (uncredited)
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Themes
detectivetreasonnight trainpolitical assassinationamerican civil warassassination of presidentabraham lincolnsleeper trainpolitical conspiracy