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The Tall Target

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.1K
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Paula Raymond and Dick Powell in The Tall Target (1951)
AdventureCrimeDrama
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to giv... Read allA New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Anthony Mann
  • Writers
    • George Worthing Yates(screenplay)
    • Art Cohn(screenplay)
    • Daniel Mainwaring(story)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Paula Raymond
    • Adolphe Menjou
  • Director
    • Anthony Mann
  • Writers
    • George Worthing Yates(screenplay)
    • Art Cohn(screenplay)
    • Daniel Mainwaring(story)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Paula Raymond
    • Adolphe Menjou
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    • 40User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Ruby Dee, Paula Raymond, Dick Powell, and Marshall Thompson in The Tall Target (1951)
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    Ruby Dee, Paula Raymond, Dick Powell, and Marshall Thompson in The Tall Target (1951)
    Dick Powell and Marshall Thompson in The Tall Target (1951)
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    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • John Kennedy
    Paula Raymond
    Paula Raymond
    • Ginny Beaufort
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Colonel Caleb Jeffers
    Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson
    • Lance Beaufort
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Rachel - Slave Maid
    Richard Rober
    Richard Rober
    • Lt. Coulter
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Stranger
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • Homer Crowley - Train Conductor
    Florence Bates
    Florence Bates
    • Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Minister - Passenger in Club Car
    • (uncredited)
    Olive Ball
    • Hawker
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Billingsley
    Barbara Billingsley
    • Young Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Fernandina
    • (uncredited)
    George Bunny
    • Hawker
    • (uncredited)
    John Butler
    John Butler
    • Miller - Drummer in Ticket Line
    • (uncredited)
    John Call
    John Call
    • Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Christy
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Cody
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Anthony Mann
    • Writers
      • George Worthing Yates(screenplay) (story)
      • Art Cohn(screenplay)
      • Daniel Mainwaring(story)
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    • Trivia
      The first director attached to this subject several years before the film was finally made, was Joseph Losey. He had planned to cast Lena Horne in the role finally played by Ruby Dee - originally planned as a much larger part.
    • Goofs
      In spite of being set in 1861, there are electric lights hanging in the station and in other locations.
    • Quotes

      Rachel - Slave Maid: Freedom isn't a thing you should be able to give me, Miss Ginny. Freedom is something I should have been born with.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits S l o w l y roll up from the bottom of the screen, over a background of a train station. The word "TALL" is extra tall.. and the credits are followed by: "Ninety years ago, a lonely traveler boarded the night train from New York to Washington DC and when he reached his destination, his passage had become a forgotten chapter in the history of the United States. This motion picture is a dramatization of that disputed journey."
    • Soundtracks
      Rally Round the Flag
      (uncredited)

      Music by William B. Bradbury

      Arranged by Bronislau Kaper

    User reviews40

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    9/10
    historical train ride movie
    Superbly directed and photographed, and very well acted by Dick Powell, Will Geer, and Adolph Menjou, this movie ranks as one of director Anthony Mann's best achievements. Not one of his trademark noirs, it still has the characteristic tense look and feel, while staking out its own claim to originality, capturing the mood of the country as it is about to explode into a bloodbath. Set on the eve of the Civil War, a New York police detective (Dick Powell) boards a southbound train in New York to foil a conspiracy to assassinate President elect Lincoln. The train setting provides an apt stage in which the passions of the day are played out, with Unionists and Secessionists armed to the teeth. Factually, the details are probably off, but the mood of the time seems to be fairly accurately portrayed.
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    • Jul 12, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Man on the Train
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $966,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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