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Bat★21( 1988)

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Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gene Hackman

      Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

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      Danny Glover

      Capt. Bartholomew Clark

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      Jerry Reed

      Col. George Walker

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      David Marshall Grant

      Ross Carver

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      Clayton Rohner

      Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh

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      Erich Anderson

      Major Jake Scott

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      Joe Dorsey

      Col. Douglass

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      Michael Ng

      Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)

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      Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong

      Boy on Bridge

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      Don Ruffin

      Helicopter Crew

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      Scott Howell

      Helicopter Crew

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      Michael Raden

      Helicopter Crew

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      Timothy Fitzgerald

      EB-66 Officer

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      Stuart B. Hagen

      EB-66 Officer (as Stuart Hagen)

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      Jeffrey Baxter

      Helicopter Gunner (as Jeff Baxter)

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    A review by kevin2019

    10
    Written by kevin2019 on Wed Jan 24 2024
    "BAT*21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalculation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find yourself wondering if the mission will have a successful resolution at all, especially in light of the fact Hambleton is about to find himself caught in an area which is going to b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    3966256.00

    Keywords

    • vietnam war
    • vietnam
    • based on novel or book