The Hunters is a 1958 feature film adapted from the novel The Hunters by James Salter. Lavishly produced by Dick Powell, it stars Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner as two very different United States Air Force fighter pilots in the midst of the Korean War. It ranks as a particularly significant film for its period footage shot in widescreen and color on location in Japan and Korea.
One of the first films to portray a more realistic picture of war and flying. This film reminds me a little of "The Bridges at Toko-Ri", and is also set in Korea. It features a reasonable plot, some excellent flying sequences with F-86 Sabre jets, as well as a good ending (well I liked it). I have been looking for it in the video shops without success. Written by Tom Nemeth
