The Tall Target
1951 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,514 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Mann
Overview
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,328 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:18 Mr. Gannon.
00:05:00 Will you telegraph?
00:07:05 Rail splitter splits union.
00:09:04 Did you see the man over here?
00:12:00 Where did he go?
00:16:47 Woo woo woo!
00:19:21 - I owe you an apology, Sergeant. - Forget it.
00:22:21 Tell me. Is he going to get off in Baltimore or going on through?
00:27:27 Sgt. Kennedy and I are preceding it.
00:30:08 But he wasn't under oath.
00:32:40 She is, if she?
00:35:08 I have an appointment on Pratt Street.
00:37:54 We'll see.
00:41:51 And the supply of raw cotton was cut off from the South.
00:44:27 I'm sorry. But I don't think
00:47:12 May I be of some assistance, Mrs. Gibbons?
00:49:26 Take care of him.
00:53:50 Go to sleep, Winfield.
00:58:12 I'm afraid for him.
01:00:59 Lance.
01:04:18 Fernandina.
01:07:16 Thank you, sir.
01:11:10 What are you doing in here?
01:17:13 come to his inauguration so like a thief in the night?
Cast & Characters
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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,328
Dialogue density17.0 lines / min
First line00:02:18
Final line01:17:13
Production Record
DirectorAnthony Mann
LanguageEnglish
Budget$966,000
Revenue$620,000
IMDb votes2,514