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Target (1958)

Target poster
Genre
horror fiction
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1950s TV anthology series hosted by Adolphe Menjou. Each 30-minute episode tells a standalone horror story with different guest actors.

anthologyhostedsuspensefuldarkvintagetheatricaltwilight-zone-ishshort-storiesominous

What happens

Target is a 30-minute American television anthology series produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc. for first-run syndication. A total of 38 episodes were aired in 1958. The show was hosted by Adolphe Menjou. Guest stars included Angie Dickinson, Dyan Cannon, Gene Barry, Macdonald Carey, Frances Bavier, James Nolan, Patrick Waltz, Bonita Granville, Troy Melton, Fred Sherman, Joyce Meadows, Rayford Barnes, Raymond Guth, Cesare Romero, Robert Tetrick, Hugh Marlowe, Don Kennedy, Charles Wagenheim, Ken Drake and Lee Van Cleef. Others included Howard Duff, Kent Taylor, Hans Conried, Marie Windsor, and Lon Chaney Jr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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