The Hunters (USA, 1958)

The Hunters (USA, 1958)
Kampfflieger - I Cacciatori
VIDEO_TS (DVD9) Menu | Languages: Deutsch, English, Italiano | 104 min | 720x576 (16:9) | audio codec: AC-3 384/192Kbps/48 KHz | 7.355 Kbps | 6.54 GiB
subtitles: Deutsch, English, Francais, Italiano, Testo in Italiano, English for the hearing impaired
Genre: War, Classics

STORY:
During the Korean War, a World War II veteran fighter pilot (Robert Mitchum) joins an F-86 squadron in South Korea. Major Saville's indoctrination training is quite short, and he is soon leading elements of F-86s into combat against North Korean MIGs. In addition to the confident protagonist, Saville, the squadron is composed of a motley group of pilots, including a young hotshot "top-gun," Lieutenant Pell (Robert Wagner), and an alcoholic, Lieutenant Abbott (Lee Philips). The lead antagonist in the air is Casey Jones (Leon Lontoc), a North Korean ace who is shooting down many of the U.S. F-86s.
On the ground between aerial missions, Major Saville meets Kristina (May Britt), the wife of the troubled Lieutenant Abbott, and the two find their mutual attraction nearly irresistable.
The flying was filmed over the southwest United States, much of it in the vicinity of towering cumulus clouds, thereby adding to the sensation of speed. Real jet planes were used almost exclusively, with very limited employment of models. A great film if you enjoy watching high-speed aircraft.
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Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum) erhält während des Koreakrieges den Auftrag, einen neuen Kampfjet zu fliegen. Für den erfahrenen Piloten nimmt die Mission jedoch einen unerwarteten Kurs:
Er verliebt sich in die schöne Frau (May Britt) seines Vorgesetzten (Lee Phillips) und bekommt den jungen, großspurigen Flieger Ed Bell (Robert Wagner) als Co-Piloten zugeteilt. Die Lage spitzt sich zu, als die drei Männer hinter feindlichen Linien abgeschossen werden. Nun sind sie gezwungen, gemeinsam ums Überleben zu kämpfen…
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Efficace dramma di guerra, ambientato durante il conflitto di Corea, la storia racconta del Maggiore Cleve Saville, un esperto del Sabre, il nuovo caccia F-86. Asso dell’aviazione, la vita personale di Saville precipita: il pilota si innamora della bellissima moglie del suo compagno di volo. A rendere la situazione più difficile, una rumorosa recruta con cui Saville deve fare i conti, in una missione di soccorso che minaccia le vite di tutti.
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Director: Dick Powell
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, May Britt, Lee Philips, John Gabriel, Stacy Harris

DVD Extras: Scene selection

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