The Tall Target
The true-life Baltimore Plot provides the inspiration for this Hollywood thriller directed with film noir overtones by Anthony Mann and possessing a real feel for the powder-keg political atmosphere of 1861.
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 18 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 1, 2009
- Originally Released: 1951
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dick Powell, Paula Raymond & Adolphe Menjou | |
Performer: | Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee & Will Geer | |
Directed by | Anthony Mann | |
Edited by | Newell P. Kimlin | |
Screenplay by | George Worthing Yates & Art Cohn | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons & Eddie Imazu | |
Story by | George Worthing Yates & Daniel Mainwaring | |
Produced by | Richard Goldstone | |
Director of Photography: | Paul Vogel |
Entertainment Reviews:
68%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 245
... a film full of dynamic images and marvelous grace notes.
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Seanax.com
Rating: 76/100 --
For all its social relevance, The Tall Target is first and foremost a 50's drama, full of action, whiskey, and saucy characters.
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Film and Felt
Rating: A --
Mann's strong direction keeps things taut, fast-paced, very well-detailed and nail-biting.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
As in Reign of Terror, Anthony Mann fashions a noir mini-masterpiece out of incongruous period reconstruction.
Slant Magazine
Description by OLDIES.com:
Former police officer John Kennedy doesn't have a ticket, but he's determined to stay aboard the overnight train rolling from New York to Washington DC. He's convinced that someone - or some ones - among the passengers intends to kill newly elected President Abraham Lincoln when the train stops in Baltimore.
The true-life Baltimore Plot provides the inspiration for this Hollywood thriller directed with film noir overtones by Anthony Mann and possessing a real feel for the powder-keg political atmosphere of 1861. Dick Powell (Murder, My Sweet) portrays Kennedy with appropriate grit, sifting through layers of duplicity and confronting escalating dangers as the Night Express rumbles toward destination... or assassination."
The true-life Baltimore Plot provides the inspiration for this Hollywood thriller directed with film noir overtones by Anthony Mann and possessing a real feel for the powder-keg political atmosphere of 1861. Dick Powell (Murder, My Sweet) portrays Kennedy with appropriate grit, sifting through layers of duplicity and confronting escalating dangers as the Night Express rumbles toward destination... or assassination."
Product Description:
THE TALL TARGET is based on a true story: the attempted assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln, even before he was able to assume his duties in Washington. Dick Powell stars as New York detective John Kennedy, who learns of the assassination plot early on. When his superiors refuse to believe his wild tale, Kennedy quits the force and boards the Presidential train, hoping to prevent the killing on his own. The problem: who can he trust on board, and who can't be trusted' Ginny Beaufort (Paula Raymond), the sister of the would-be assassin, might be able to prevent the tragedy -- if she isn't in on the conspiracy, that is. The supporting cast includes Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Will Geer, and, as a slave, a young Ruby Dee. The film's nail-biting climax is brilliantly handled by Anthony Mann, whose directorial expertise was becoming sharper with each successive film in the early 1950s.
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- UPC: 883316204795
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