The Hunters
1958 · 108 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,730 VOTES · DIR. Dick Powell
Overview
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.
Dialogue Timeline — 850 lines
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00:02:50 Colonel Armstrong, M.G.
00:05:18 The hero of 44. The first of the jet pilots. A killer. A hunter.
00:08:53 Ten tomorrow morning. Same flight as mine.
00:12:00 The war permits me to do what I do best: Fight planes.
00:15:53 Come to my office.
00:18:21 No diplomacy, please. If you want to see me fly an 86, I'll show you.
00:23:57 - Maybe I'm retarded. - Lf you're nice...
00:27:19 - I have the time if you have. - We'd need a car.
00:30:40 - Can you pick your fliers? - To some extent.
00:35:05 He didn't know I hadn't seen you. Why should he lie for you?
00:37:58 - Will you join us, Major? - Thanks.
00:40:35 - How are you? - Glad to know you.
00:43:04 We're coming over enemy territory, Cobra Flight. Test your guns.
00:48:36 K- 13,Cobra Three is coming in shot upwith a jammed canopy.
00:51:41 He's a liar.
00:54:15 Okay, I'm lying.
01:00:11 Now it 's out of time, out of place.
01:03:13 Thanks, pal. I love you dearly.
01:09:30 Roger, Phyton.
01:23:14 You may come in now.
01:27:51 They must make this from Stalin's socks.
01:34:10 A Bible! How about that?
01:41:48 Lying here...
01:44:35 You, for instance. I thought I had you all figured out.