Target (U.S. TV series)

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Target
Genre Dramatic anthology
Presented by Adolphe Menjou
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 38
Production company(s) Ziv Television Programs, Inc.
Release
Original network Syndication
Original release March 1958 – 1958

Target is a 30-minute U.S. television anthology series produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. for first-run syndication. A total of 38 episodes were aired in 1958. [1]

The show was hosted by Adolphe Menjou. Guest stars included Angie Dickinson, Dyan Cannon, Gene Barry, MacDonald Carey, Frances Bavier, Bonita Granville, Cesare Romero, Hugh Marlowe, and Lee Van Cleef, as well as Howard Duff, Kent Taylor, Hans Conried, Marie Windsor, and Lon Chaney, Jr. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Target (Dramatic Anthology)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1172. ISBN   978-0-345-45542-0.
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