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The Tall Target

  • 19511951
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2K
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Paula Raymond and Dick Powell in The Tall Target (1951)
  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Drama
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
2K
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  • Director
    • Anthony Mann
  • Writers
    • George Worthing Yates(screenplay)
    • Art Cohn(screenplay)
    • Daniel Mainwaring(story)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Paula Raymond
    • Adolphe Menjou
Top credits
  • 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
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Ruby Dee, Paula Raymond, Dick Powell, and Marshall Thompson in The Tall Target (1951)
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    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • John Kennedyas John Kennedy
    Paula Raymond
    Paula Raymond
    • Ginny Beaufortas Ginny Beaufort
    Adolphe Menjou
    Adolphe Menjou
    • Colonel Caleb Jeffersas Colonel Caleb Jeffers
    Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson
    • Lance Beaufortas Lance Beaufort
    Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee
    • Rachel - Slave Maidas Rachel - Slave Maid
    Richard Rober
    Richard Rober
    • Lt. Coulteras Lt. Coulter
    Leif Erickson
    Leif Erickson
    • Strangeras Stranger
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • Homer Crowley - Train Conductoras Homer Crowley - Train Conductor
    Florence Bates
    Florence Bates
    • Mrs. Charlotte Alsopas Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Minister - Passenger in Club Caras Minister - Passenger in Club Car
    • (uncredited)
    Olive Ball
    • Hawkeras Hawker
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Billingsley
    Barbara Billingsley
    • Young Motheras Young Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Fernandinaas Fernandina
    • (uncredited)
    George Bunny
    • Hawkeras Hawker
    • (uncredited)
    John Butler
    John Butler
    • Miller - Drummer in Ticket Lineas Miller - Drummer in Ticket Line
    • (uncredited)
    John Call
    John Call
    • Clerkas Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Christy
    • Detectiveas Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Cody
    • Minor Roleas 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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    Top review
    A Hidden Treasure Don't Miss This Film
    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
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    • Nov 17, 2006

    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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    • 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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