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17 August 1951 (USA) morePlot:
The story of a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln as he travels on the Ohio & Baltimore Railway to his inauguration in 1861. A discredited detective tries in the face of disbelief to foil the plotters, who hate the President's policies. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Hidden Treasure Don't Miss This Film moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Dick Powell | ... | John Kennedy | |
| Paula Raymond | ... | Ginny Beaufort | |
| Adolphe Menjou | ... | Colonel Caleb Jeffers | |
| Marshall Thompson | ... | Lance Beaufort | |
| Ruby Dee | ... | Rachel, Slave Maid | |
| Richard Rober | ... | Lt. Coulter | |
| Leif Erickson | ... | Stranger | |
| Will Geer | ... | Homer Crowley, Train Conductor | |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Charlotte Alsop |
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Okay this film the Tall Target may not be historically accurate but it is based on a situation that occurred on the Abraham Lincoln Inaugural Train.. It is an excellent movie brilliantly directed by Anthony Mann It is a film that was way ahead of its time.. Dick Powell stars and gives an outstanding performance Differrent than most of his film noir films of that era.. I was watching TCM @1am this morning (insomnia was setting in) when their brilliant host Robert Osborne announced and described this unusual film that most people had never seen or heard of! But he recommended & once again Osborne was correct. Wonderful powerful film made years before Suddenly and a decade or so before The Manchurian Candidate (other films dealing with presidential assassinations)The writers & director took an incident from history and created a fictionalized yet believable and riveting film .Is great definitely worth seeing & seeing a very young Ruby Dee in a small but important role as a loyal but concerned 'slave" also Leif Ericson and Barbara Billingsly (Beavers mom) have minor but important roles..& Adolphe Menjou is outstanding and quite believable a corrupt military official Powell is really good in this film A great surprise Don't Miss, another hidden gem revealed from the TCM film library.Thank you Ted Turner and Robert Osborne