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The Tall Target Cast & Characters

The Tall Target (1951) stars Dick Powell as John Kennedy, Paula Raymond as Ginny Beaufort and Adolphe Menjou as Caleb Jeffers. The history movie was released August 17, 1951. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1951 · 1h 18m 69 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Anthony Mann

Screenplay

Art Cohn , George Worthing Yates

Story

George Worthing Yates , Daniel Mainwaring

Producers

Richard Goldstone

Cinematography

Paul Vogel

Editor

Newell P. Kimlin

Full cast

72 cast members

Marshall Thompson

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Erville Alderson

Minister (uncredited)

Hawker (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Young Mother (uncredited)

Fernandina (uncredited)

Hawker (uncredited)

Miller (uncredited)

Clerk (uncredited)

Detective (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Clerk (uncredited)

Brakeman (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Division Manager (uncredited)

Young Southerner (uncredited)

Estelle Etterre

Little Old Lady (uncredited)

Pinkerton Man (uncredited)

Dapper Man (uncredited)

A. Cameron Grant

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Beamish (uncredited)

Clarence Hennecke

Hawker (uncredited)

Marjorie Jackson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Wilfred Jackson

Newsboy (uncredited)

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)

John K. Gannon (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

News Vendor (uncredited)

Patrolman (uncredited)

Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)

Hawker (uncredited)

Zoaves (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Winfield (uncredited)

Zoaves (uncredited)

Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)

Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)

Bob Rich

Zoaves (uncredited)

Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)

Politician (uncredited)

Phil Schumacher

Zoaves (uncredited)

Hawker (uncredited)

Zoaves (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Hawker (uncredited)

Zoaves (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

William Sundholm

Hawker (uncredited)

Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

Katherine Warren

Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)

Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)

Napoleon Whiting

Hawker (uncredited)

Dispatcher (uncredited)

Rodney Wooton

Newsboy (uncredited)

Thomas Ogden (uncredited)

Crew by department

20 crew members

Directing

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Writing

Daniel Mainwaring

George Worthing Yates

George Worthing Yates

Production

Richard Goldstone

Camera

Harry Stradling Jr.

Assistant Camera

Editing

Newell P. Kimlin

Art

Edwin B. Willis

Visual Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Sydney Guilaroff

Makeup Designer

Other

Leslie H. Martinson

Script Supervisor

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

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