Target (1985)
- Starring:
- Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Arthur Penn
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Arthur Penn takes a crack at subverting the espionage film genre in Target. Walter Lloyd (Gene Hackman) is a quiet and unassuming lumberyard owner in Dallas, Texas. Chris (Matt Dillon) has dropped out of college to pursue a career as a race car driver. But all mundane tasks come to an end when Walter's wife Donna (Gayle Hunnicutt) is kidnapped while on a European trip. Walter flies to Paris with Chris to see what can be done. Once in Europe, Chris is shocked to discover that his dad was once a top CIA agent. Together, the two visit all of Walter's old CIA contacts in an effort to locate Donna. Finally, Walter discovers that Donna has been kidnapped by a rogue spy seeking revenge for an incident that happened eighteen years earlier. Now Walter must apply his old and vicious CIA tricks to save his wife from an old and vicious CIA operative. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 117 mins
Complete Cast:
- Gene Hackman - Walter Lloyd
- Gayle Hunnicutt - Donna Lloyd
- Josef Sommer - Barney Taber
- Herbert Berghof - Schroeder
- Richard Münch - The Colonel
- Jean-Paul Dubois - Glasses
- Werner Pochath - Young Agent
- Robert Ground - Marine Sergeant
- Catherine Rethi - Nurse
- Brad Williams - Forklift Operator
- Veronique Guillaud - Secretary at American Consulate
- James Selby - Ross
- Ric Krause - Howard
- Matt Dillon - Chris Lloyd
- Victoria Fyodorova - Lise
- Guy Boyd - Clay
- Ilona Grubel - Carla
- Ray Fry - Mason
- Ullrich Haupt, Jr. - Older Agent
- Jean-Pierre Stewart - Ballard
- Thomas Hnevsa - squat man Henke
- Randy Moore - Tour Director
- Jacques Mignot - Madison Hotel Clerk
- Charlotte Bailey - Receptionist
- Jany Holt - proprietress of Pension
- Robert Liensol - Cafe Vendor
- Director(s):
- Arthur Penn
- Writer(s):
- Ronald Bass, Leonard B. Stern, Don Petersen
- Producer(s):
- Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
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