The Hunters
Mightiest thrill-shocked adventure spectacle of the super-sonic age !
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- Action
- Drama
- War
Overview
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.
Keywords
- airplane
- based on novel or book
- korean war
- korean war (1950-53)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1958
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Cast
- May Britt,Richard Egan,John Gabriel,George Sasaki,Robert Reed,Aki Aleong,Lee Philips,Robert Mitchum,Esther Ying Lee,Stacy Harrisand 8 more
- Director
- Dick Powell
- Writer
- James Salter,Wendell Mayes
- Producer
- Dick Powell
- Cinematography
- Charles G. Clarke
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0051750