Bat★21
Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
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Release Date
7/21/1988Runtime
105 minsOverview
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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$3,966,256Homepage
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A nail-biting survival thriller set in the heart of a war zone, where two men must rely on wits, radio contact, and each other to outrun an advancing enemy and incoming bombardment. The film derives its tension not from spectacle but from the grinding pressure of time and circumstance.
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Gene Hackman
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Jerry Reed
Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant
Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner
Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson
Major Jake Scott
Joe Dorsey
Col. Douglass
Michael Ng
Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong
Boy on Bridge
Don Ruffin
Helicopter Crew
Scott Howell
Helicopter Crew
Michael Raden
Helicopter Crew
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