"A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861."
Dick Powell
as John Kennedy
Paula Raymond
as Ginny Beaufort
Adolphe Menjou
as Caleb Jeffers
Marshall Thompson
as Lance Beaufort
Ruby Dee
as Rachel
Richard Rober
as Lt. Coulter
Leif Erickson
as Stranger
Will Geer
as Homer Crowley
Florence Bates
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Erville Alderson
as Minister (uncredited)
Olive Ball
as Hawker (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
as Young Mother (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
as Fernandina (uncredited)
George Bunny
John Butler
as Miller (uncredited)
John Call
as Clerk (uncredited)
Ken Christy
as Detective (uncredited)
Harry Cody
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
Clancy Cooper
as Brakeman (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis
John Damler
as Division Manager (uncredited)
Robert Easton
as Young Southerner (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
as Little Old Lady (uncredited)
Budd Fine
as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Dan Foster
as Dapper Man (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Jonathan Hale
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
as Man in Boarding Line (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
James Harrison
as Allan Pinkerton (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Percy Helton
as Beamish (uncredited)
Clarence Hennecke
Marjorie Jackson
Wilfred Jackson
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Chester Jones
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nikki Juston
Stapleton Kent
as New Brunswick Stationmaster (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as John K. Gannon (uncredited)
Leslie Kimmell
as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
Emmett Lynn
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
as Daniel - Messenger (uncredited)
Billy Mitchell
Tom Monroe
as Zoaves (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Brad Morrow
as Winfield (uncredited)
Thomas Murray
Lou Nova
as Zouave Sergeant (uncredited)
Tom Powers
as Simon G. Stroud (uncredited)
Bob Rich
Jeff Richards
as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Politician (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Irving Smith
Robert Spencer
Robert R. Stephenson
Jack Sterling
Robert Strong
Frank Sully
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Regis Toomey
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Katherine Warren
as Mrs. Gibbons (uncredited)
Dan White
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Napoleon Whiting
Wilson Wood
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
Rodney Wooton
Will Wright
as Thomas Ogden (uncredited)
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Anthony Mann
Director
Art Cohn
Screenplay
Richard Goldstone
Producer
George Worthing Yates
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Warren Newcombe
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Daniel Mainwaring
Story
Leslie H. Martinson
Script Supervisor
Joel Freeman
Assistant Director
Harry Stradling Jr.
Assistant Camera
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Newell P. Kimlin
Editor
Eddie Imazu
Ralph S. Hurst