Bat★21
Trapped behind enemy lines. A whole army after him... And only one man can save him.
1988 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Peter Markle |
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| Writer: | William C. Anderson, George Gordon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 21, 1988 |
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| Director: | Peter Markle |
| Writer: | William C. Anderson, George Gordon |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, War |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, vietnam, vietnam war |
| Production Companies | TriStar Pictures, Vision PDG |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,966,256
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| William C. Anderson | Screenplay, Book |
| Nancy Banks | Casting |
| Vincent M. Cresciman | Production Design |
| Evzen Kolar | Line Producer |
| George Gordon | Screenplay |
| Stephen E. Rivkin | Editor |
| Mark Irwin | Director of Photography |
| Peter Markle | Director |
| Audrey M. Bansmer | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mark Damon | Co-Producer |
| Jerry Reed | Executive Producer |
| Michael Balson | Producer |
| Gary A. Neill | Producer |
| David Fisher | Producer |
| David Saunders | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 35 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 894 | 948 |
"BAT*21" is above all an exceptionally well made and very worthwhile film based upon a remarkable true story. The action sequences have been brought to the screen with the deliberate intention of not glamourising the necessary depiction of violence (to do otherwise would have been a lethal miscalcul ... ation). This film is also able to depict Hambleton's rescue as being a far from easy proposition and you constantly find yourself wondering if the mission will have a successful resolution at all, especially in light of the fact Hambleton is about to find himself caught in an area which is going to be blanket bombed by the Strategic Air Command.