Targets (1968)

Plot

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

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Clip Clip Featurette Handsome & Homicidal: Ben Mankiewicz and Mario Cantone on Tim O’Kelly in Targets | TCM Creepy Cinema

Cast

Tim O'KellyBobby Thompson

Boris KarloffByron Orlok

Arthur PetersonEd Loughlin

Monte LandisMarshall Smith

Daniel AdesChauffeur

Antonin ArtaudSalesman - 1st Gunshop

Mary JacksonCharlotte Thompson

Sandy BaronKip Larkin

Ellie Wood WalkerWoman on Freeway

Frank MarshallTicket Boy

Frank MarshallTicket Boy

Writers and directors

Peter BogdanovichDirector

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adorablepanic ★ 7.0/10

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; a…19. Apr 2020

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Wuchak ★ 7.0/10

**_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-f…29. May 2022

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griggs79 ★ 7.0/10

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-…26. Mar 2025

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