497e39180f In 1952, as the Korean War rages on, American officers land in Kyoto. Among them are Major Ceve Saville, assigned to a fighter squadron, and Lieutenant Carl Abbott. The latter neglects his charming wife Kristina, who is sinking into bitterness. In Korea, Saville meets again Colonel Dutch Imil, a former brother in arms as well as other friends. Back in Japan Saville falls in love with forsaken Kristina, which arouses Abbott's jealousy. The two men turn into implacable rivals. But during a mission against Chinese Migs, Abbott is hurt and Saville decides to rescue him… In 1952, during the Korean War, two American pilots become bitter enemies over the same woman but must shelf their personal feud when confronted by deadly Chinese MIG fighter jets in battle. I've been waiting for this film to be released on Video/DVD for a LONG time. I first saw it in the theater when I was nine, and it has been many years since I last saw it - as it was seldom if ever shown over the past 20-30 years.<br/><br/>It has some of the very best aerial photography ever filmed - groundbreaking for its day. Beautiful shots of F-86 Sabres and F-84 Thunderjets (subbing for "Migs") in air-to-air combat.<br/><br/>As a war film, it is one of the best - but it is lessened by a rather trite "romantic triangle" subplot.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, it is well worth owning and watching for any aviation buff who wants an insight as to what the first true "jet war" was all about. North American's F-86 Sabre was the West's premier fighter aircraft during the early 1950s, and superior to any fighter aircraft in the eastern part of the world The F-86 scored consistent victories over Russian-built MiG fighters during the Korean War Hollywood didn't make nearly enough movies about it, but in "The Hunters," we have the opportunity to admire this graceful and agile subsonic equipped with more powerful engines and armament systems that ranged from bombs and rockets to machine guns and cannons <br/><br/>Robert Mitchum portrays the big hunter, the 'Iceman.' Maj. Cleve Saville was like death: no feelings, no nerves, no fear In Japan, on his way to his first posting in Korea, he meets Lt. Carl Abbott (Lee Philips), a young pilot who thinks he is a bad flier Too much booze was the sign With 30 missions Abbott failed to get any enemy planes His wife Chris (May Britt) doesn't know what to do with him She asks Maj. Saville to look out for him and help him Saville finds himself falling in love with her, with some response from her <br/><br/>Filling out the story when they finally reach Korea are the first of the jet pilots, Col. Dutch Emil (Richard Egan), and Lt. Ed Pell (Robert Wagner), a rude young guy with big cigars in his face, considered as a 'little stinker who can get MiGs.' Their common enemy is the Chinese ace Casey Jones (Leon Lontoc). His plane has the numbers 7-11 on his fuselage <br/><br/>The MiGs are based in Red China, across the Yalu River
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