Human Target (film)

Human Target
Human Target
Directed by	Howard Rubie
Written by	Ron McLean
Produced by	Roger Mirams; Ron McLean
Starring	Jack Thompson; Pat Bishop; Enid Lorimer; Edmund Pegge; Peter Sumner
Distributed by	Network Nine
Release date	1974;
Running time	90 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

Human Target is a 1974 Australian film about a special agent investigating the opium trade.^[1]^[2] The same team had just made Spyforce which also featured Jack Thompson.^[3]

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.^[4]

Cast

Alfred Bell
Pat Bishop
Liz Crossan
Enid Lorimer
Edmund Pegge
Peter Sumner
Jack Thompson as Anderson

References

^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p82
^ Plummer, Dale (4 April 1976). "$2 million in feature film program". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 100.
^ Vagg, Stephen (2 July 2025). "Jack Thompson's brilliant career: How it began and why he turned his back on movie stardom". In Daily. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "A MOVIE YEAR FOR YOU!". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 43, no. 46. Australia. 14 April 1976. p. 21. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Human Target at IMDb
Human Target at AustLit

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[scott-1] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p82

[2] Plummer, Dale (4 April 1976). "$2 million in feature film program". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 100.

[3] Vagg, Stephen (2 July 2025). "Jack Thompson's brilliant career: How it began and why he turned his back on movie stardom". In Daily. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

[4] "A MOVIE YEAR FOR YOU!". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 43, no. 46. Australia. 14 April 1976. p. 21. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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