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January 1955 (USA) morePlot:
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Complete credited cast)| Sterling Hayden | ... | Capt. Russ Edwards | |
| Arthur Franz | ... | Lt. Pete Stacy | |
| Marshall Thompson | ... | 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon | |
| Leo Needham | ... | SSgt. 'Slats' Klein | |
| Jay Barney | ... | Lt. Col. Stoneham | |
| John Dennis | ... | MSgt. Joe Murdock | |
| Michael Colgan | ... | Medic Capt. Larsen | |
| Andy Andrews | ... | Lazy Joker Two | |
| Dale Hutchinson | ... | Blue Boy Three-Gene |
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This film was showing on the screen as photographer O. Wilson Link snapped his iconic photo of a Norfolk and Western freight train passing an Iaeger, WV drive-in theater. According Smithsonian Magazine: "The explosion of light washed out what was on the movie screen at the moment; he had to print the image of the plane from a negative he'd made separately of that night's showing." moreFAQ
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A very good movie for all the aviation buffs : it can easily be considered as the "Sikorsky H-19 " helicopter definitive film. Then , there are a lot of good old Sabres and Shooting Stars, some S-51 Hely and other USAF stuff of the period(F-51 , B-45, B-29, Hu-16) . Haiden was a super actor and Franz did his best. A must for all the Hely lovers and aviation fans. Typical production of the early fifties, mainly done to promote Air Force and to give an idea of the hard work usually done by the Air Rescue Service men. The aviation movies regarding the Korean conflict are usually full of North American F-86 Sabres and are the vehicle for daring and handsome Fighter Pilots. This B movie is an honest one mainly produced to inform people of the obscure and dangerous work the SAR people performed and still do in saving life of pilots.