Above average thriller about an assassination plot on President-elect Lincoln in 1861. By the end of the film, you will ask where the good guys 4 years later when they were again needed?
Dick Powell plays agent John Kennedy who uncovers the plot. The problem is that it's a hard sell to his fellow agents. Adolph Menjou plays a lieutenant who is up to no good but it's hard to finger him in the plot.
One really good thing about this film is that after a while, you can't distinguish the good guys from the bad ones.
Marshall Thompson plays a southerner and his slave is a very young Ruby Dee. Miss Dee displays lots of guts and emotion here.
The usually reliable Florence Bates is up to par as an abolitionist rider on the train as well.
Interesting but predictable since we all know our history.
Dick Powell plays agent John Kennedy who uncovers the plot. The problem is that it's a hard sell to his fellow agents. Adolph Menjou plays a lieutenant who is up to no good but it's hard to finger him in the plot.
One really good thing about this film is that after a while, you can't distinguish the good guys from the bad ones.
Marshall Thompson plays a southerner and his slave is a very young Ruby Dee. Miss Dee displays lots of guts and emotion here.
The usually reliable Florence Bates is up to par as an abolitionist rider on the train as well.
Interesting but predictable since we all know our history.