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Summary

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

Cast

Tim O'Kelly

Bobby Thompson

Boris Karloff

Byron Orlok

Arthur Peterson

Ed Loughlin

Monte Landis

Marshall Smith

Nancy Hsueh

Jenny

Peter Bogdanovich

Sammy Michaels

Daniel Ades

Chauffeur

Stafford Morgan

Salesman - 1st Gunshop

James Brown

Robert Thompson Sr.

Mary Jackson

Charlotte Thompson

Tanya Morgan

Ilene Thompson

Timothy Burns

Waiter

Mark Dennis

Salesman - 2nd Gunshop

Sandy Baron

Kip Larkin

Geraldine Baron

Larkin's Girl

Gary Kent

Gas Tank Worker

Ellie Wood Walker

Woman on Freeway

Frank Marshall

Ticket Boy

Byron Betz

Projectionist

Paul Condylis

Drive-In Manager

Mike Farrell

Man in Phonebooth

Carol Samuels

Cashier

Jay Daniel

Snack Bar Attendant

James Morris

Man with Pistol

Elaine Partnow

Other at the Drive-In

Pete Belcher

Other at the Drive-In

James Bowie

Other at the Drive-In

Anita Poree

Other at the Drive-In

Robert Cleaves

Other at the Drive-In

Kay Douglas

Other at the Drive-In

Raymond Roy

Other at the Drive-In

Diana Ashley

Other at the Drive-In

Kirk Scott

Other at the Drive-In

Susan Douglas

Other at the Drive-In

Jack Nicholson

Lt. Andre Duvalier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sandra Knight

Helene / Ilsa (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Miller

Stefan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Git Luboviski

Woman in Car at Drive-In (uncredited)

Milton Luboviski

Man in Car at Drive-In (uncredited)

Don Steele

Deejay on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Joey Bishop

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Regis Philbin

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay, Story

Peter Bogdanovich

Screenplay

Samuel Fuller

Story

Polly Platt

Reviews

adorablepanic

April 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. The result was TARGETS (1968), which proved to be too topical for many theaters to touch when it initially appeared. That's a shame, because it provided Karloff with an A-level role as the sun set on his life and career. Bogdanovich tells parallel stories which converge at the finale: One involves a young man who turns to bloodshed when he feels that he has nothing ahead of him; the other revolves around an aged film star who believes that everything is behind him. Timely when released because of the social climate; timely now because of the politically charged debate over gun control; and ultimately - thanks to the presence of the great Karloff - timeless.