Targets (1968)

Movie Details

Original Title Targets

Original Language EN

Budget $130,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.0

Cast

Tim O'Kelly

Bobby Thompson

Popularity: 3.2

Boris Karloff

Byron Orlok

Popularity: 4.3

Arthur Peterson

Ed Loughlin

Popularity: 0.3

Monte Landis

Marshall Smith

Popularity: 2.4

Nancy Hsueh

Jenny

Popularity: 0.1

Peter Bogdanovich

Sammy Michaels

Popularity: 3.6

Daniel Ades

Chauffeur

Popularity: 0.9

Stafford Morgan

Salesman - 1st Gunshop

Popularity: 0.5

James Brown

Robert Thompson Sr.

Popularity: 0.5

Mary Jackson

Charlotte Thompson

Popularity: 1.6

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Tanya Morgan

Ilene Thompson

Popularity: 0.0

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Timothy Burns

Waiter

Popularity: 1.6

Key Crew

Director Peter Bogdanovich

Screenplay Peter Bogdanovich, Samuel Fuller

Executive Producer Roger Corman

Music Ronald Stein

Editor Peter Bogdanovich

Producer Peter Bogdanovich

Production

Saticoy Productions

Paramount Pictures

Videos & Trailers

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"Targets" (1968 - Peter Bogdanovich)

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Joe Dante on Targets

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Targets [1968] Trailer

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Reviews from TMDB

adorablepanic 7/10

Apr 19, 2020

Roger Corman offered to produce (without credit) whatever film first time director Peter Bogdanovich wanted to make under two conditions: He had to cast Boris Karloff, who owed Corman two days work; and to keep the cost down, he had to pad the running time with footage from an earlier Karloff film. ... Read more

Wuchak 7/10

May 29, 2022

**_As relevant today as it was when it was made_** An aged horror icon (Boris Karloff) wants to retire because he’s weary of the biz and thinks modern life has become more horrifying than his old-fashioned movies. But a director/writer (Peter Bogdanovich) encourages him to read an atypical scri ... Read more

griggs79 7/10

Mar 26, 2025

Hmmm… I’ve never quite got Bogdanovich. I’m still not convinced. _Targets_ is a good idea—old-school horror legend (Karloff, doing his best with what he’s given) crosses paths with a modern-day, real-world killer—but it never quite lands. Karloff’s great, obviously, and there’s so ... Read more