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Summary
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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Cast
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Dick PowellJohn Kennedy
Paula RaymondGinny Beaufort
Adolphe MenjouCaleb Jeffers
Marshall ThompsonLance Beaufort
Ruby DeeRachel
Richard RoberLt. Coulter
Leif EricksonStranger
Will GeerHomer Crowley
Florence BatesMrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville AldersonMinister (uncredited)
Barbara BillingsleyYoung Mother (uncredited)
Peter BroccoFernandina (uncredited)
Clancy CooperBrakeman (uncredited)
John DamlerDivision Manager (uncredited)
Robert EastonYoung Southerner (uncredited)
Estelle EtterreLittle Old Lady (uncredited)
Budd FinePinkerton Man (uncredited)
Jonathan HalePassenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Paul HarveyMinor Role (uncredited)
Percy HeltonBeamish (uncredited)
Victor KilianJohn K. Gannon (uncredited)
Mitchell LewisSleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett LynnNews Vendor (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Anthony Mann
- Written by
- Art Cohn, George Worthing Yates, Daniel Mainwaring
- Produced by
- Richard Goldstone
- Music by
- Douglas Shearer
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Facts
August 17, 1951 · 1 h 18 min · NR
- Released
- August 17, 1951
- Runtime
- 1 h 18 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Thriller, History, Mystery
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Budget
- $966,000
- Box office
- $620,000
- Available in
- 2 countries