Bat 21 / Bat 21 - Mitten im Feuer [DVD5] (1988)

Storyline: 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 based on golf courses he has played. Along the way however, he has to face enemy forces and the death of some of his fellow soldiers.

Beschreibung: Ein brillanter Hackman dominiert den Film, der unentschlossen zwischen Action, Buddymovie und Antikriegsfilm pendelt. Im Vietnamkrieg wird Colonel Hambleton (Gene Hackman) über feindlichem Gebiet abgeschossen. Der Schreibtischhengst sitzt doppelt in der Falle, denn die US-Luftwaffe plant, die Gegend zu bombardieren. Pilot Clark (Danny Glover) soll ihn rausholen…

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Country: USA
Genre: Drama, War
Release Date: 21 October 1988 (USA)
Time: 101 min
Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitle: German, English for the hearing impaired, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish
Director: Peter Markle
Cast:

Gene Hackman … Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover … Capt. Bartholomew 'Bird-Dog' Clark
Jerry Reed … Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant … Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner … Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson … Maj. 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
Michael Raden … Helicopter Crew
Timothy Fitzgerald … EB-66 Officer
Stuart B. Hagen … EB-66 Officer
Jeffrey Baxter … Helicopter Gunner (as Jeff Baxter)