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George Worthing Yates (screenplay) and
Art Cohn (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 August 1951 (USA) more
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The story of a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln as he travels on the Ohio & Baltimore Railway to his inauguration in 1861. A discredited detective tries in the face of disbelief to foil the plotters, who hate the President's policies. full summary | add synopsis
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Excellent suspenseful period piece more (19 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Dick Powell | ... | John Kennedy |
| Paula Raymond | ... | Ginny Beaufort |
 | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Colonel Caleb Jeffers |
| Marshall Thompson | ... | Lance Beaufort |
| Ruby Dee | ... | Rachel, Slave Maid |
| Richard Rober | ... | Lt. Coulter |
| Leif Erickson | ... | Stranger |
| Will Geer | ... | Homer Crowley, Train Conductor |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Charlotte Alsop |
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Man on the Train (USA) (working title)
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78 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (certificate #15130)
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Dick Powell is excellent as John Kennedy, a policeman who stumbles onto a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration. The history is not as muddled as others seem to indicate.
1. Lincoln did travel by train to his inauguration. 2. There were at least two confirmed plots by people who wished to have him assassinated. 3. Abraham Lincoln did have an aide throughout his administrations who was an ex-police officer named John Kennedy (Dick Powell's character in the film).
That is truth enough for backdrop to this impressive thriller. Ruby Dee is very impressive as a slave traveling on the train, and Marshal Thompson is quite good as a Southerner. Adolphe Menjou is terrific as the main bad guy, and Powell gives an earnest portrayal in the lead.
Anthony Mann directs the action very suspensefully, and the movie builds to its climax in interesting fashion.
Finally, the last line is a classic.
I've seen this movie 4 times and would gladly watch it again.