The Tall Target (1951) On DVD

Actor:          Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee                                                                                                                       
Director:      Anthony Mann
Genre:         Drama
Year:            1951
Studio:         Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:        78
Released:    December 2, 2009
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:   English
Subtitles  :   N/A

DESCRIPTION:

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.