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The Tall Target

Anthony Mann
USA
Synopsis
John Kennedy, bodyguard of newly elected President Lincoln, finds out there is a plan to kill the latter. Kennedy informs his superiors of this, but they laugh at him and tell him the idea is nonsense. On a train going to Baltimore he finds out that one of the would-be killers is also on board. Kennedy fights all of the assassins one-on-one and slowly unravels the plot.
Director
Anthony Mann
Screenplay
Art Cohn, George Worthing Yates, Joseph Losey (kreditatu gabe/uncredited/no acreditado)
Photography
Paul C. Vogel
Edition
Newell P. Kimlin
Cast
Dick Powell (John Kennedy), Paula Raymond (Ginny Beaufort), Adolphe Menjou (Caleb Jeffers), Marshall Thompson (Lance Beaufort), Ruby Dee (Rachel)
Running Time
78 m.
Country
USA
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