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User Rating:
7.8/10   76 votes
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Director:
Jeff Bleckner
Writers (WGA):
Steve Sohmer (novel)
Steve Sohmer (teleplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
30 October 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
A Vice-Presidential candidate's been shot. Now an investigation ensues, and the investigator discovers that there's a conspiracy going on... more
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
Puzzled more

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Harry Hamlin ... Senator Terrence 'Terry' Fallon
Linda Kozlowski ... Sally Crain

Robert Loggia ... Nick Mancuso

John Mahoney ... Lou Brenner

Ronny Cox ... Admiral William Rieker
Kenneth McMillan ... Henry O'Brien

Mitch Ryan ... Vice President Dan Eastman (as Mitchell Ryan)
Richard Bradford ... Charles MacDonald

Jason Alexander ... Chris Van Allen
Jon Cypher ... Bartholomew Scott

Fredric Lehne ... Wyckoff

Richard Herd
Randi Brooks
Dante D'Andre

J. Kenneth Campbell ... Thomas
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Target: Favorite Son"
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Runtime:
Germany:172 min (3 parts) | USA:172 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:R

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Movie Connections:
Followed by "Mancuso, FBI" (1989) more

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Puzzled, 11 October 2008
Author: phasermuse from United States

I don't give a rating to this VHS film, not because it isn't a high-calibre thriller with excellent performances by the cast, but I saw the original Television series and I was puzzled after watching the tape. I bought the VHS because I remembered what a stunning (not perhaps by today's standards) series it was and wanted to see it again. It had a lot of holes in it--the VHS version. I was happy to read the comment by Peter22060 - February 25, 2007. I knew there had to be at least an hour of material missing because the film on the tape version gave no reasonable idea of how or why Sally Crain was a nut-case. Some idiot(s) got the rights to copy the series and even though it retains the remains of an excellent film, it had the guts removed. Thus we have a central character manipulating the highest agencies and politicians in this country with no real idea of what is driving her. Thank you Peter22060. I wish I had copied the original.

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