Summary
The Tall Target is an American thriller film first released in 1951,
directed by Anthony Mann.
The film stars Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson and Ruby Dee.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Anthony Mann
- Script: George Worthing Yates, Art Cohn, Daniel Mainwaring
- Photo: Paul Vogel
- 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), Erville Alderson (Minister – Passenger in Club Car), Olive Ball (Hawker), Barbara Billingsley (Young Mother), Peter Brocco (Fernandina), George Bunny (Hawker), John Butler (Miller – Drummer in Ticket Line), John Call (Clerk), Ken Christy (Detective), Harry Cody (Bit Role), Frank Conlan (Clerk), Clancy Cooper (Brakeman), Lucille Curtis (Bit Role), John Damler (Division Manager), Robert Easton (Young Southerner), Estelle Etterre (Bit Role), Budd Fine (Pinkerton Man), Dan Foster (Dapper Man), A. Cameron Grant (Train Passenger), Jonathan Hale (Passenger from Carolina), Sherry Hall (Man in Boarding Line), Alvin Hammer (Telegraph Operator), James Harrison (Allan Pinkerton), Paul Harvey (Bit Part), Percy Helton (Beamish – Passenger in Club Car), Clarence Hennecke (Hawker), Marjorie Jackson (Bit Role), Wilfred Jackson (Newsboy), Nikki Juston (Bit Role), Stapleton Kent (New Brunswick Station Master), Victor Kilian (John K. Gannon (Flyer Express engineer)), Leslie Kimmell (Abraham Lincoln), Mitchell Lewis (Sleeping Train Passenger), Emmett Lynn (News Vendor), Robert Malcolm (Patrolman), Mickey Martin (Messenger), Frank Billy Mitchell (Hawker), Tom Monroe (Zoaves), Roger Moore (Bit Role), Brad Morrow (Winfield), Thomas Murray (Zoaves), Lou Nova (Zouave Sergeant), Tom Powers (Simon G. Stroud), Jeff Richards (Philadelphia Police Officer), Bob Rich (Zoaves), Bert Roach (Politician), Phil Schumacher (Zoaves), Irving Smith (Hawker), Robert Spencer (Zoaves), Robert R. Stephenson (Hawker), Jack Sterling (Zoaves), Robert Strong (Bit Role), Frank Sully (Telegram Messenger), William Sundholm (Hawker), Regis Toomey (Insp. Tim Reilly), Charles Wagenheim (Telegraph Clerk), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Gibbons), Dan White (Passenger in Club Car), Napoleon Whiting (Hawker), Wilson Wood (Dispatcher), Rodney Wooton (Newsboy), Will Wright (Thomas I. Ogden – Train Passenger)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 78 min; B&W
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Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller






