Bat★21
“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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Cast
15 people
Gene Hackman
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Danny Glover
Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Known for
Predator 2
Lethal Weapon
Jerry Reed
Col. George Walker
Known for
The Waterboy
Smokey and the Bandit
David Marshall Grant
Ross Carver
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
Death and Other Details
Clayton Rohner
Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Known for
Just One of the Guys
The Relic
Erich Anderson
Major Jake Scott
Known for
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Missing in Action
Joe Dorsey
Col. Douglass
Known for
WarGames
The Philadelphia Experiment
Michael Ng
Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
Also in
Dollhouse
Big Time Rush
Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong
Boy on Bridge
No other roles listed
Don Ruffin
Helicopter Crew
Known for
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
Cannibal Apocalypse
Scott Howell
Helicopter Crew
Also in
The Power of Zero
Michael Raden
Helicopter Crew
Also in
The Sting II
Peter Markle Director · George Gordon Screenplay William C. Anderson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $4M · United States release October 21, 1988 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,966,256
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
Vision PDG
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 21, 1988
Theatrical
United States · October 21, 1988
Theatrical
France
August 2, 1989 · Theatrical
June 2, 2009 · Physical · DVD
June 29, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
December 22, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
March 25, 1989 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 21, 1988 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 31, 1988 · Theatrical
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