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)
