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5.8With 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.
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Major Cleve Saville
- Robert Wagner as Lt. Ed Pell
- Richard Egan as Colonel Dutch Imil, CO 54th Fighter Group
- May Britt as Kristina 'Kris' Abbott
- Lee Philips as 1st Lt. Carl Abbott
- John Gabriel as 1st Lt. Corona
Themes
- airplane
- based on novel or book
- korean war (1950-53)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- Dick Powell
- Cast member
- Stacy Harris
- Composer
- Paul Sawtell
- Producer
- Dick Powell
- Cinematographer
- Paul Sawtell
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 647574
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- film editor
- Stuart Gilmore
- title
- The Hunters
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- aircraft
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