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30 October 1988 (USA)
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A Vice-Presidential candidate's been shot. Now an investigation ensues, and the investigator discovers that there's a conspiracy going on...
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
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great script
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(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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Target: Favorite Son
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Germany:172 min (3 parts) | USA:172 min
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Followed by "Mancuso, FBI" (1989)
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Unbelievably good script. Really shocking and unexpected in parts, especially the double-crosses. Linda Koslowski was excellent and so different from her Crocodile Dundee days, and Loggia is also very good. A relative of Manchurian Candidate.