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Bat★21 (1988)
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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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Action, War, Drama
Written By:William C. Anderson, George Gordon
In Theaters:10/21/1988
Box Office:$3,966,256
Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:TriStar Pictures, Vision PDG
Cast
Peter Markle
Director
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
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