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Dead on Target (film)

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Dead on Target
GenreAction
Drama
Written byNorman Klenman
Directed byJoseph L. Scanlan
StarringRay Danton
Gay Rowan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerStanley Colbert
ProducersR.H. Anderson
Wendy Riche (associate producer)
Production locationVancouver
CinematographyKelly Duncan
EditorStan Cole
Running time77 min
Production company20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 17, 1976 (1976-03-17)

Dead on Target (also titled Our Man Flint: Dead On Target) is an American television film. The film originally aired on ABC on March 17, 1976, and was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. The was a backdoor pilot for a possible weekly series, but it was not picked up to series, and it became the last Derek Flint movie. Ray Danton replaces James Coburn as Derek Flint, who is now a private detective and former Z.O.W.I.E. government agent. The cast also includes Sharon Acker, Susan Sullivan, Lawrence Dane, Gay Rowan, Linda Woods, Donnelly Rhodes, and Kim Cattrall.

Plot

Derek Flint agrees to teach a pretty young woman named Benita Ryders (Gay Rowan) how to be a private eye. Their first mission together has them facing a group of terrorists called B.E.S.L.A. ("Bar El Sol Liberation Army"), who have kidnapped an oil executive. They rescue him and put B.E.S.L.A. out of business.

Home media

Dead On Target was released by Fox as part of the "Ultimate Flint Collection " DVD set.