The Hunters

(1958)

108 minutes

Action / Drama / Romance /War

Directed by Dick Powell

Cast:

Robert Mitchum as Major Cleve Saville
Robert Wagner as Lieutenant Ed Pell
Richard Egan as Colonel Dutch Imil
May Britt as Kristina 'Kris' Abbott
Lee Philips as 1st Lieutenant Carl Abbott
John Gabriel as 1st Lieutenant Corona
Stacy Harris as Colonel Monk Moncavage
Victor Sen Yung as a Korean farmer
Candace Lee as the Korean child
Aki Aleong as MIG Pilot
John Doucette as Chief Master Sergeant

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The film is set during the Korean War, where Major Cleve Saville is a World War II veteran fighter pilot who teams up with an F-86 fleet in South Korea. Major Saville training is not very long and is immediately sending his fleet to fight against North Korean MIGs. There are a couple of interesting personalities within his fleet and in the midst of war, still finds time to find romance with Kristina, whose husband is an alcoholic.