---
title: 'The Tall Target (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Mann'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 78
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tall-target-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044105/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tall Target (1951)

1951 · 78 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Tall Target is a 1951 American historical crime Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond and Adolphe Menjou. Powell stars as a police sergeant who tries to stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at a train stop as Lincoln travels to his inauguration. It is based on the alleged Baltimore Plot.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [Art Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-cohn), [George Worthing Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-worthing-yates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-vogel)

## Cast

- [Frank Sully](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sully)
- [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright)
- [Peter Brocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-brocco)
- [Leif Erickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-erickson)
- [Clancy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-cooper)
- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)
- [Victor Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-kilian)
- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)
- [Adolphe Menjou](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolphe-menjou)
- [Barbara Billingsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-billingsley)
- [Richard Rober](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rober)
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [Florence Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-bates)
- [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson)
- [Regis Toomey](https://cinepixo.com/people/regis-toomey)

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