The Hunters
Kampfgeschwader Kobra
Original title: The Hunters
Original language: enIMDB: tt0051750
TMDB: 45520
Release date: Monday, 1st September 1958
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 48min
Popularity: 7.58
Rate: 5.7 / 24 votes
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.
Popularity: 7.58
Rate: 5.7 / 24 votes
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.
Directors
Dick Powell
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Wendell Mayes
(Screenplay)
(Screenplay)James Salter (Novel)
(Novel)Cast
Robert Mitchum
(Major Cleve Saville)
(Major Cleve Saville)Robert Wagner
(Lt. Ed Pell)
(Lt. Ed Pell)Richard Egan
(Colonel Dutch Imil, CO 54th Fighter Group)
(Colonel Dutch Imil, CO 54th Fighter Group)May Britt
(Kristina 'Kris' Abbott)
(Kristina 'Kris' Abbott)Lee Philips
(1st Lt. Carl Abbott)
(1st Lt. Carl Abbott)John Gabriel
(1st Lt. Corona)
(1st Lt. Corona)Stacy Harris
(Col. Monk Moncavage)
(Col. Monk Moncavage)Victor Sen Yung
(Korean farmer)
(Korean farmer)Candace Lee (Korean Child)
(Korean Child)Aki Aleong
(MIG Pilot)
(MIG Pilot)John Doucette
(Chief Master Sergeant)
(Chief Master Sergeant)Esther Ying Lee (Waitress)
(Waitress)Mabel Lim (Korean Woman)
(Korean Woman)Alena Murray (Mrs. Mason)
(Mrs. Mason)Nina Shipman
(WAF Lieutenant)
(WAF Lieutenant)Robert Reed
(Jackson)
(Jackson)Walter Soo Hoo
(Chinese Soldier (uncredited))
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