The Tall Target [27263] Released: 1951-08-17 Revenue: $620,000 Budget: $966,000 Profit: $-346,000 Runtime: 78 mins Popularity: 1.5797 Vote Average: 6.8 Vote Count: 39 Overview: A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861. Cast [72] 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 A Erville AldersonMinister Olive BallHawker Barbara BillingsleyYoung Mother Peter BroccoFernandina George BunnyHawker John ButlerMiller John CallClerk Ken ChristyDetective Harry CodyMinor Role Frank ConlanClerk Clancy CooperBrakeman Lucille CurtisMinor Role John DamlerDivision Manager Robert EastonYoung Southerner Estelle EtterreLittle Old Lady Budd FinePinkerton Man Dan FosterDapper Man A. Cameron GrantTrain Passenger Robert HainesTrain Passenger Jonathan HalePassenger from C Sherry HallMan in Boarding Alvin HammerTelegraph Operat James HarrisonAllan Pinkerton Paul HarveyMinor Role Percy HeltonBeamish Clarence HenneckeHawker Marjorie JacksonMinor Role Wilfred JacksonNewsboy Chester JonesPedestrian Nikki JustonMinor Role Stapleton KentNew Brunswick St Victor KilianJohn K. Gannon Leslie KimmellAbraham Lincoln Mitchell LewisSleeping Train P Emmett LynnNews Vendor Robert MalcolmPatrolman Mickey MartinDaniel - Messeng Billy MitchellHawker Tom MonroeZoaves Roger MooreMinor Role Brad MorrowWinfield Thomas MurrayZoaves Lou NovaZouave Sergeant Tom PowersSimon G. Stroud Bob RichZoaves Jeff RichardsPhiladelphia Pol Bert RoachPolitician Phil SchumacherZoaves Irving SmithHawker Robert SpencerZoaves Robert R. StephensonHawker Jack SterlingZoaves Robert StrongMinor Role Frank SullyTelegram Messeng William SundholmHawker Regis ToomeyInsp. Tim Reilly Charles WagenheimTelegraph Clerk Katherine WarrenMrs. Gibbons Dan WhitePassenger in Clu Napoleon WhitingHawker Wilson WoodDispatcher Rodney WootonNewsboy Will WrightThomas Ogden Trailers TCM Bob's Picks Nov 14 2013 4of5 The Tall Target (Intro) The Tall Target (1951) clip