The Tall Target

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

• Anthony MannDirector
• Art CohnScreenplay
• George Worthing YatesScreenplay

• 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)