Hunters in the Sky

Studio: Gaiam Americas
Product Type: DVD

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For fans of the F-86 fighter
"The Hunters" DVD
Nice flying sequences - shame about the plot!
Great Korean War Aviation movie
It is the superb aviation footage which makes "The Hunters" memorable...

The Hunters
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Richard Egan , May Britt , Lee Philips , and John Gabriel
Director: Dick Powell
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B0001NBMHQ
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Description

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.

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For fans of the F-86 fighter.......2007-04-04

The plot is totally predictable, but interesting, set in a historical perspective. But it is the flying scenes of Korean war F-86's that make this DVD worth purchising.

"The Hunters" DVD.......2007-03-08

This was a new copy, still in wrapping. I am very pleased.

Nice flying sequences - shame about the plot!.......2007-03-05

If you like watching F-86 Sabres pitching, yawing, rolling, shooting, and crashing then this film might be for you. There is plently of this as it was made in cooperation with the USAF.

Be warned however:
- This film contains an idiotic romantic subplot.
- Robert Wagner's "cool" character appears to be from another film.
- Chinese soldiers are portrayed as gibbering idiots.

Watch "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" if you want to see a decent Korean War/USAF film.

Great Korean War Aviation movie.......2007-02-07

Lots of F-86 air combat video and a good cast.

It is the superb aviation footage which makes "The Hunters" memorable..........2007-01-02

North American's F-86 Sabre was the West's premier fighter aircraft during the early 1950s, and superior to any fighter aircraft in the eastern part of the world... The F-86 scored consistent victories over Russian-built MiG fighters during the Korean War...Hollywood didn't make nearly enough movies about it, but in "The Hunters," we have the opportunity to admire this graceful and agile subsonic equipped with more powerful engines and armament systems that ranged from bombs and rockets to machine guns and cannons...

Robert Mitchum portrays the big hunter, the 'Iceman.' Maj. Cleve Saville was like death: no feelings, no nerves, no fear... In Japan, on his way to his first posting in Korea, he meets Lt. Carl Abbott (Lee Philips), a young pilot who thinks he is a bad flier... Too much booze was the sign... With 30 missions Abbott failed to get any enemy planes... His wife Chris (May Britt) doesn't know what to do with him... She asks Maj. Saville to look out for him and help him... Saville finds himself falling in love with her, with some response from her...

Filling out the story when they finally reach Korea are the first of the jet pilots, Col. Dutch Emil (Richard Egan), and Lt. Ed Pell (Robert Wagner), a rude young guy with big cigars in his face, considered as a 'little stinker who can get MiGs.' Their common enemy is the Chinese ace Casey Jones (Leon Lontoc). His plane has the numbers 7-11 on his fuselage...

The MiGs are based in Red China, across the Yalu River...

Hunters in the Sky: Reflections on War 9; Fighter Aces of World War 2.

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Hunters in the Sky: Reflections on War 9; Fighter Aces of World War 2.

Manufacturer: Good Times
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000OIWUIS

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Hunters In the Sky

Manufacturer: Good Times Home Video
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ASIN: B00008MTXV
Release Date: 2003-02-18

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Hunters in the Sky - Red Star Rising

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