Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
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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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Gene HackmanLt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
- Danny GloverCapt. Bartholomew Clark
- Jerry ReedCol. George Walker
- David Marshall GrantRoss Carver
- Clayton RohnerSgt. Harley Rumbaugh
- Erich AndersonMajor Jake Scott
- Joe DorseyCol. Douglass
- Michael NgVietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
- Theodore Chan Woei-ShyongBoy on Bridge
- Don RuffinHelicopter Crew
Crew
- Peter MarkleDirector
- George GordonScreenplay
- William C. AndersonScreenplay
- Mark IrwinDirector of Photography
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen E. RivkinEditor
- David FisherProducer
- Michael BalsonProducer
- Gary A. NeillProducer
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