The Tall Target

Crime 10 of 10 people found this review helpful. with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter who wrote them for manslaughter in order to silence him. It had a few really fantastic sequences but overall it didn't quite hold my attention, possibly due to the fact that we watched two films in a row and this was second. The Tall Target Warner Archive Collection 1951 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 78 min. Mann's skill really comes through here, he keeps the whole thing on edge for the whole time and many of the set-pieces around the train are terrific, the fight with Dick Powell and the first assassin on the train, by the train, under the train (train isn't moving) is incredibly effective.

Beoordeel films op VPRO Cinema en laat je waarschuwen wanneer je favoriete films op televisie zijn. The whole mood of the film is one of dread…If you're feeling overwhelmed, but still want to squeeze a film into your daily routine, this list is made for…This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. The two newspapers become enemies, and the Star's ruthless heiress Charity Hackett decides to eliminate the competition. In 1861, New York detective John Kennedy (Dick Powell) is convinced there's a plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln but no one seems to believe him. We can't get enough of these LGBTQ+ powerhouse pairs.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? While Kennedy appears to be dozing, Jeffers steals the At the next stop, Kennedy tries to have Jeffers arrested, but Jeffers obtains confirmation by telegram from Stroud that Kennedy is no longer a police officer, and it is Kennedy who is taken into custody by Lieutenant Coulter. This…A huge thanks to everyone who added films, helped me find films with alternate titles,…Amazing Stories (S02) Dark Skies (S01) Freddy's Nightmares (S01 - S02) Miami Vice (S01) Night Visions No One is Innocent…Preserving this list for posterity as it disappeared.RIP Allan Fish, your film taste and writing lives on.So these are (most of) the films I've seen/wanna see that are at least 30 minutes long but at max.…2600 extra films listed in the back of Peary's book, to be used as an addendum to AKA's extremely helpful… Mann ratchets up the tension and throws in a lot more heated argument about abolition and secession and Liberty than you would expect in what becomes a thriller so…Finally, a movie that perfectly conveys the horror that is travelling from New York to Washington D.C. Use the HTML below. Lots of fun twists and turns, even if it gets ridiculous that ex-detective John Kennedy (Dick Powell) would keep managing to escape from the law at every train stop. And the people behind the plot are trying to kill him, all the while he tries to stop the assassination of president-elect Lincoln! Certificate: Passed / Street Date August, 2009 / available through the Warner Archive Collection / 19.98 Starring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee, Richard Rober, Leif Erickson, Will Geer, Florence Bates, Barbara Billingsley, Peter Brocco, Victor Kilian, Tom Powers, Percy Helton. The plotters are disappointed, however, when they receive news that Lincoln has cancelled his speech in Baltimore, where Beaufort was to assassinate him. The Tall Target (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ), would carry any A-lister. The Tall Target is een Amerikaanse misdaadfilm uit 1951 onder regie van Anthony Mann. The superb black and white photography is by Paul Vogel.Hearing Lincoln referred to as a war monger awoke my inner dove.

Afterward, Mrs. Gibbons tells Kennedy that she is an undercover According to MGM records the film earned $473,000 in the US and Canada and $147,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $608,000. Modest, maybe not particularly exciting at times, but it makes the suspense better than over constant excitement.This is in some ways a precursor to the seventies paranoid conspiracy thrillers that spread out through the decade. media. Federal agent Rigby, in Central America to trace stolen plane engines, falls for the gorgeous wife of the chief suspect. Dick Powell does a very good job using deduction and logic to find who on the train could be conspirators.