Movie the tall target 1951

Abraham lincoln will be traveling by rail to his inauguration in washington and a plot is being hatched to assassinate him as he passes through baltimore. That part of the movie plays out as a classic crime drama, but there is much more here than a crime drama. I was reading your web site, regarding the lincolnkennedy coincidences and found another. It stars dick powell, paula raymond, adolphe menjou, marshall thompson and will geer. When his superiors refuse to believe his wild tale, kennedy quits the force and. Anthony manns historical film noir the tall target, which i discuss in. 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. Former police officer john kennedy doesnt have a ticket, but hes determined to stay aboard the overnight train rolling from new york to washington dc.

The tall target 1951 cast and crew abraham lincoln will be traveling by rail to his inauguration in washington and a plot is being hatched to assassinate him as he passes through baltimore. Nov 20, 2019 on the tall target 1951 if you appreciate classic films and youre up for an energetic, suspenseful drama, ive got a recommendation. This 1951 movie feels modern for several reasons, most subtly. Anthony manns the tall target, a great thriller and one of the finest suspense films of its decade or any other. It was interesting to me to see that paula raymond was billed second in this movie. Mann and stewart teamed again in bend of the river 1952, with stewart as the.

He decides to quit the force and boards the train to try to thwart the assassins himself. The tall target is a 1951 american historical thriller film directed by anthony mann and starring dick powell, paula raymond and adolphe menjou. The tall target 1951 abraham lincoln will be traveling by rail to his inauguration in washington and a plot is being hatched to assassinate him as he passes through baltimore. This crime drama, loosely based on an actual plot to kill lincoln, is more film noir than period piece, albeit with bushy mustaches and talk of secession replacing fedoras and hardboiled dialogue. Anthony manns the tall target is an excellent thriller about a rogue new york police officer trying to stop the assassination of presidentelect abraham lincoln. According to a january 30, 1951 hollywood reporter news item, king baggot, jr. For all its social relevance, the tall target is first and foremost a 50s drama, full of. With dick powell, paula raymond, adolphe menjou, marshall thompson. Siskoid the tall target is a nearnoir historical thriller based on the alleged baltimore plot that would have seen lincoln assassinated while he was still president elect by secessionist agents. This historical thriller is set shortly after president abraham. The tall target s lincolnkennedy parallel is matched by another relationship that, in savants opinion, isnt a coincidence at all. A new york city detective, traveling by train between new york and baltimore, tries to foil an onboard plot to assassinate presidentelect abraham lincoln before he reaches baltimore to give a.

These basic facts were elaborated upon and reshaped into a tight, engrossing thriller in metrogoldwynmayers the tall target 1951, directed by anthony mann. The tall target 1951 ive seen quite a number of dick powell movies this year links are provided at the end of this post and i think my favorite thus far was tonights movie, the tall target, directed by anthony mann. Tall target 1951 the simple idea of anthony mann approaching a crime movie about abraham lincoln made me seek this out. Reader jfklincoln coincidence kennedy orwell today. Following the cuckoo hyperlinks, we learn that jackson spent 30 years as a disney animator, starting with steamboat willie. In mgms 1951 movie the tall target, about a police officers suspicion of an assassination plot toward newly elected president lincoln, the officer, played by dick powell, is named john kennedy. He was 46 years old when he portrayed newsboy in the tall target, and this was his only acting credit, which is a shame, as he truly looked and sounded like a young africanamerican gentleman. 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. The tall target 1951 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The tall target is directed by anthony mann and written by george worthing yates, daniel mainwaring as geoffrey holmes and art cohn. Richard fleischers trainset contemporary thriller the narrow margin was released by rko in 1952, months after the premiere of the tall target.

The tall target 1951 was a suspenseful tale set in 1861 on a train carrying presidentelect abraham lincoln, with dick powell as the detective who must stop an assassination plot. And its great stuff, filmed with the lively, dramatic black and white of the time. Jan 17, 2016 the tall target was one of my favorite film discoveries of 2015. Short clip from the 1951 historical noir drama the tall target starring dick powell, paula raymond and adolphe menjou. A new york city detective, traveling by train between new york and baltimore, tries to foil an onboard plot to assassinate presidentelect abraham lincoln before he reaches baltimore to give a major preinauguration speech in 1861. The word tall is extra tall and the credits are followed by.

But the rko film was completed almost a year before, its release. Unidentified 18s pocket watch in the movie the tall target. In 1951, action movies were still nonexistent so to speak but this movie at times show some early premises of the genre. The tall target 1951 directed by anthony mann what do you get when you combine a classic film noir whodunit with a historical incident from the life of. John kennedy an uncanny choice of character name since this was made in 1951 and kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The tall target does not get much talk in the classic film discussion, but thats no reflection on its quality.

New york detective john kennedy dick powell tries to alert his superiors to the scheme, but his suspicions are dismissed. At approximately the 1 hr, 34 minute mark in the 1951 movie the tall target starring dick powell you see this unidentified watch. Dick powell stars as new york detective john kennedy, who learns of the assassination plot early on. The tall target is one of the best thrillers ever popmatters. Watch the tall target online stream full movie directv. Mann was just beginning his legendary set of eight. The tall target dvdr 1951 warner archive collection mod. The tall target has been ranked 1031 times, wins 51. And in a weird quirk, the leading man played by dick powell is named john kennedy.

His characters name is john kennedy, this movie came out in 1951. The tall target 1951 traveling by train to washington d. The best movies of 1951 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Tall target, the this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. It gives a good view into the time and minds of american people who lived in the 1860s and at the same time also gives the movie a tense mysteriousthriller story. This motion picture is a dramatization of that disputed journey. The tall target was the last hollywood film made by actor will geer until advise and consent in 1962. The tall target 1951 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It takes place on a train, very murder on the orient express meets wild, wild.