''Target'' is a 1952 American

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film directed by

Stuart Gilmore Stuart Gilmore (March 8, 1909 – November 19, 1971) was an American film editor who had over 45 editing credits along with 10 directing credits. He was nominated for three Academy Awards with the last nomination being posthumous. Career Gilmor ...

and starring

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning mo ...

.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p264

Plot

In 1893

Pecos, Texas Pecos ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Reeves County, Texas, Reeves County, Texas, United States. It is in the valley on the west bank of the Pecos River at the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the Trans-Pecos region of W ...

, two cowhands join forces with a lady marshal.

Cast

- Tim Holt * Mary Jo Tarola - Terry Moran (as Linda Douglas) *

Walter Reed Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than b ...

- Martin Conroy *Harry Harvey - Editor David Carson * John Hamilton - Rancher Bailey *

Lane Bradford Lane Bradford (born John Myrtland Le Varre, Jr., August 29, 1922 – June 6, 1973) was an American actor, who appeared in more than 250 films and television series between 1940 and 1973, specializing in supporting "tough-guy" roles predomin ...

- Henchman Garrett * Riley Hill - Henchman Foster *

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- Henchman Higgins * Richard Martin - Chito Jose Gonzalez Bustamonte Rafferty

References

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* 1952 films 1952 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films set in Texas Films set in 1893 RKO Pictures films Films scored by Paul Sawtell American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub