SpyHards Podcast

203. Target (1985) - Guest: Scott McCrea, author of Targets West

203. Target (1985) - Guest: Scott McCrea, author of Targets West

SpyHards Podcast


Published: 8 April 2025 at 04:06 Europe/London

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Episode notes

Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Scott McCrea, author of Targets West, learn about the importance of tradecraft in father/son bonding while decoding the 1985 Gene Hackman & Matt Dillon spy drama Target.

Directed by Arthur Penn. Starring Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Josef Summer, Guy Boyd, Viktoriya Fyodorova, Herbert Berghof and Ilona Grübel.

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