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Review: Target Harry

  Vic Morrow stars as a taciturn pilot hired by English businessman Stanley Holloway to fly him to Istanbul. After reaching the destination, Holloway is rubbed out by an assassin. Soon Morrow finds himself in the company of various parties all very interested in procuring some money printing plates they believe Holloway was in possession of and thus assume Morrow has obtained. These interested parties include a grinning American woman (Suzanne Pleshette) and an overweight Turk (Victor Buono), the latter of whom is flanked by two henchmen; an Albanian (Michael Ansara) and a Turkish wrestler (Milton Reid). Charlotte Rampling turns up as Holloway’s daughter, whilst Cesar Romero appears briefly as an investigating lieutenant.   Apparently director Roger Corman ( “A Bucket of Blood” , “Tomb of Ligeia” , “The Intruder” ) originally shot this 1969 film with the intention for it to be the pilot to a possible TV series. The series never eventuated, so with a little bit of a...