The Tall Target
| The Tall Target | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Mann |
| Screenplay by | George Worthing Yates Art Cohn |
| Story by | George Worthing Yates Daniel Mainwaring (as Geoffrey Homes) |
| Produced by | Richard Goldstone |
| Starring | Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
| Edited by | Newell P. Kimlin |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $966,000 |
| Box office | $620,000 |
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.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eddie Imazu and Cedric Gibbons.