Target Number One

Target Number One
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDaniel Roby
Written byDaniel Roby
Produced by
  • Valérie d'Auteuil
  • André Rouleau
Starring
CinematographyRonald Plante
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byLes Films Séville
Release date
  • July 10, 2020 (2020-07-10)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7 million[1]
Box office$138,000[2]

Target Number One (released as Most Wanted in the United States, Suspect numéro un in Quebec) is a 2020 Canadian crime drama film directed by Daniel Roby.[3] Based on the true story of Alain Olivier, a Canadian drug addict from Quebec who spent eight years in prison in Thailand in the 1980s after having been set up as an unwitting pawn in an espionage plot by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service,[4] the film stars Josh Hartnett as Canadian investigative journalist Victor Malarek, investigating the arrest of drug addict Daniel Léger (Antoine Olivier Pilon). The film's cast also includes Jim Gaffigan, Stephen McHattie, Don McKellar, J.C. MacKenzie, and Amanda Crew.

The film was theatrically released in Canada on July 10, 2020,[5] and on video on demand services in the United States on July 24, 2020.[6]

  1. ^ Brendan Kelly (July 9, 2020). "After a long road and bad luck, crime drama Target Number One is finally opening". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Most Wanted (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Dino-Ray Ramos, "Saban Films Acquires Crime Thriller ‘Most Wanted’ Starring Josh Hartnett". Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2020.
  4. ^ Félix Séguin and Brigitte Noël, "Le narcotrafiquant qui n’en était pas un: écoutez le nouveau balado Narcos PQ". Le Journal de Montréal, May 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Chris Knight, "Target Number One is a rough-and-ready feature length Heritage Minute". National Post, July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Investigative reporting puts a target on Josh Hartnett in "Most Wanted" trailer". kalb.com. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.