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.
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Crew
DirectorPeter Markle
WriterWilliam C. Anderson, George Gordon
Cast
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
Michael Raden
Helicopter Crew
Timothy Fitzgerald
EB-66 Officer
Stuart B. Hagen
EB-66 Officer (as Stuart Hagen)
Jeffrey Baxter
Helicopter Gunner (as Jeff Baxter)
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Keywords
vietnam warvietnambased on novel or book
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026