 In the 1951 feature film "The Tall Target", a historical drama loosely based upon the Baltimore Plot, Allan Pinkerton is portrayed by Scottish actor Robert Malcolm.The M-G-M production starred Dick Powell and was directed by Anthony Mann.In the 1956 episode "The Pinkertons" of the ABC/Desilu western television series, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp", the actor Douglas Evans plays Allan Pinkerton, who is seeking to recover $40,000 in stolen money but interferes with the attempt of Marshal Wyatt Earp (Hugh O'Brian) to catch the entire gang of Crummy Newton (Richard Alexander).