| Copertina |
Attore |
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| Robert Mitchum |
Major Cleve Saville
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| Robert Wagner |
Lt. Ed Pell
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| Richard Egan |
Colonel Dutch Imil, CO 54th Fighter Group
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| May Britt |
Kristina 'Kris' Abbott
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| Lee Philips |
1stLt. Carl Abbott
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| John Gabriel |
1st Lt. Corona
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| Stacy Harris |
Col. Monk Moncavage
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| Victor Sen Yung |
Korean farmer
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| Candace Lee |
Korean Child
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| Aki Aleong |
MIG Pilot
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| Dettagli del film |
| Titolo originale |
The Hunters |
| Genere |
Azione; Drammatico; Guerra; Romantico |
| Regista |
Dick Powell |
| Produttore |
Dick Powell |
| Autore |
Wendell Mayes; James Salter |
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| Lingua |
Italiano |
| Censura |
Approved |
| Durata |
108 min. |
| Nazione |
USA |
| Colori |
Colore |
| Valutazione IMDB |
6.3 |
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| Trama |
Da un romanzo di James Salter. Durante la guerra di Corea, il maggiore Cleve, asso dell'aviazione, mandato a Kyoto per prendere il comando di una squadriglia, trova alla base il colonnello Imil, una vecchia conoscenza. Film di guerra seminato di vicende sentimentali e con ambizioni psicologiche. Efficace in aria, goffo a terra.
"The Hunters" is a 1958 feature film adapted from the novel "The Hunters" by James Salter. Lavishly produced by Dick Powell, it stars Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner as two very different United States Air Force fighter pilots in the midst of the Korean War. It ranks as a particularly significant film for its period footage shot in widescreen and color on location in Japan and Korea.
Plot
Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville (Mitchum) is a veteran World War II fighter ace eager to fly an F-86 Sabre fighters in the Korean War. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil (Richard Egan), assigns him command of a flight.
Among his pilots is a new replacement, talented, but overconfident Lieutenant Ed Pell (Wagner). After he abandons his element leader, Lieutenant Corona (John Gabriel), during combat to down an enemy fighter, Corona's plane is shot up; he is killed while trying to land. As a result, Saville wants Pell assigned to someone else, but Imil overrules him; Pell was top of his class in flight school and Imil sees him as a younger version of Saville. If anyone can get Pell to grow up, it is the major.
Another pilot under Saville's command, Lieutenant Carl Abbott (Lee Philips), poses a different kind of problem. He lacks confidence in his abilities; his worried wife Kristina (May Britt) asks Seville to watch over him. Saville falls in love with her, and vice versa. Aware of the situation, Abbott offers Saville a deal: his wife in return for the opportunity to go one-on-one with "Casey Jones" (Leon Lontoc), the most feared enemy ace, if they should run into him. A disgusted Saville turns him down.
Nevertheless, on a mission soon afterwards, Abbott tangles with Casey and is quickly shot down far behind enemy lines. In an ensuing dogfight, Saville downs Casey and, resisting the temptation to abandon the wounded Abbott, spots his parachute and ditches his plane nearby, disobeying standing orders. Pell strafes the North Korean infantrymen closing in and is shot down himself. The trio then make their way back to safety.
Along the way, they are assisted by a friendly Korean farmer (Victor Sen Yung) and his family. When a North Korean patrol happens by, the Americans hide, but in their haste, a jacket is left behind. As a result, the family members are executed, but Saville and Pell avenge them.
Afterward, Abbott is to be transferred back to the U.S. to recuperate. His brush with death has changed his priorities; he remorsefully asks Kristina for another chance. She decides to go with him. |
| Dettagli personali |
| Visto |
Sì |
| Indice |
2119 |
| Stato della collezione |
In collezione |
| Posizione |
T1-Avventura |
| Collegamenti |
IMDB
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| Qualità |
99 |
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| Dettagli del prodotto |
| Formato |
DivX |
| Regione |
Region 1 |
| Nr di dischi/nastri |
1 |
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