Directed by:
Anthony MannCinematography:
Paul VogelCast:
Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee, Richard Rober, Leif Erickson, Will Geer, Jonathan Hale, Barbara Billingsley (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Dick Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/734/164734565_2fe6c6.jpg)
Dick Powell
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
![Paula Raymond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353604_751c65.jpg)
Paula Raymond
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
![Marshall Thompson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871855_c9360e.jpg)
Marshall Thompson
USA
Best movies:
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Ruby Dee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274209_eee107.jpg)
Ruby Dee
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
![Richard Rober](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/386/158386566_d92ada.jpg)
Richard Rober
USA
Best movies:
Call Northside 777 (1948)
The Tall Target (1951)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
![Leif Erickson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247517_d25691.jpg)
Leif Erickson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Will Geer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871937_d84b05.jpg)
Will Geer
USA
Best movies:
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Jonathan Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505223_080fdd.jpg)
Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Barbara Billingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871833_52afdf.jpg)
Barbara Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Airplane! (1980)
![Florence Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465159_be6edf.jpg)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Mitchell Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/511/160511029_0f3100.jpg)
Mitchell Lewis
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Will Wright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000075_7a54d0.jpg)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Paul Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000157_558b5a.jpg)
Paul Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Sabrina (1954)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Spellbound (1945)
![Percy Helton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506946_6bee45.jpg)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Dan White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228302_b2c2cf.gif)
Dan White
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Charles Wagenheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298355_6d74f2.jpg)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Robert Easton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099474_101eb9.jpg)
Robert Easton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Deep in My Heart (1954)