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{{Infobox_President 
| name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| image = Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
| order = 16th [[President of the United States]]
| term_start = [[March 4]], [[1861]] 
| term_end = [[April 15]], [[1865]]
| successor = [[Andrew Johnson]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1809|2|12|mf=y}}
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In 1951 [[MGM]] released a fictional recreation of the alleged plot against Lincoln titled "The Tall Target."  Its story generally follows what is known about the Baltimore Plot, with some differences.  It is a male detective named John Kennedy, played by [[Dick Powell]], who contacts the administration about the conspiracy, and who boards the train hoping to discover if any of the plotters are on board before they reach Baltimore.  Kennedy discovers a plot that involves a riot to distract 
atpolice protenction away from Lincoln and a sharpshooter armed with a rifle with a telescopic sight to shoot the president-elect.  Through Kennedy's efforts, the attempt is aborted and key members of the conspiracy are identified.

The film is directed by [[Anthony Mann]] and stars [[Dick Powell]], [[Paula Raymond]], [[Adolphe Menjou]], [[Marshall Thompson]], [[Florence Bates]], [[Will Geer]], [[Victor Kilian]], [[Regis Toomey]] and [[Ruby Dee]].  It is written by [[Art Cohn]] and is 78 minutes long.

==See also==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
[[Category:History of Maryland]]
[[Category:Abraham Lincoln]]
[[Category:American assassins]]
[[Category:Lincoln conspirators]]
[[Category:Abraham Lincoln assassination]]

[[fr:Complot de Baltimore]]