Third and final collaboration between actor Gene Hackman and director Arthur Penn. The others were Night Moves (1975) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
One of the final films of production house CBS Theatrical Films. The company went defunct the year that this movie was released.
Some movie posters for this film featured a long text preamble that read: "Nothing exciting ever happened in Chris' family. But within 48 hours, his mother will be kidnapped, His father will be forced to reveal a secret past and he will find himself at the center of an adventure he never dreamed could happen to him".
The novelization of this movie, 'Target', was written by Stephen Hunter, and published by Warner Brothers, Inc., 1985.