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Human Target (1974)

Human Target poster
Directed by
Howard Rubie
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A special agent looks into the opium trade. The story follows him as he uncovers a criminal operation.

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What happens

Human Target is a 1974 Australian film about a special agent investigating the opium trade. The same team had just made Spyforce which also featured Jack Thompson. It was one of three TV movies that Channel Nine made, with a budget of a million dollars all up. The others were The Spiral Bureau and Paradise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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