Bat*21
“Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.”
Synopsis
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert who finds himself stranded when his aircraft is shot down over enemy territory. The Air Force is eager to recover him, but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay in the rescue. Aware that the area is scheduled to be carpet-bombed, Hambleton collaborates with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, to plan an escape route.
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Principal cast & crew: 21
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Edited by Stephen E RivkinShot by Mark IrwinScored by Christopher YoungDesigned by Vincent Joseph Cresciman
Box Office
1988 · Box office
Grossed $4.0M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$4.0M
Opening weekend: $982K — 25% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $1.3M — 33% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 248 theaters
Also known as
- BAT 21 - Mitten im Feuerde
- BAT21 - Mitten im Feuerde
- Bat 21en
- Bat 21es
- Air Force Bat 21fr
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Cast & Crew
21 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Gene Hackman
as Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover
as Captain Bartholomew Clark
Jerry Reed
as Colonel George Walker
David Marshall Grant
as Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner
as Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson
as Major Jake Scott
Joe Dorsey
as Colonel Douglass
Michael Ng
as Vietnamese Man
Theodore Chan Woei Shyong
as Boy on Bridge
Don Ruffin
as Helicopter Crew
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