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.
00:08:56 - It 's kind of you to help me. - I'm a kindly soul.
00:12:08 I bring a drunk home for a mysterious girl, a very pretty girl.
00:16:05 We've seen worse.
00:18:51 - Major Saville? - I'm Saville.
00:24:18 but we give a bonus for old age, maybe just two weeks for you.
00:28:07 I'm trying to understand it.
00:31:11 You needn't say yes or no. Just think about it.
00:35:44 I think he's a very lonely man.
00:38:39 - Why should she? - She's got my interests at heart.
00:41:07 I got my wings in the Battle of Gettysburg.
00:44:06 I'll decoy, Abbott. Follow me down.
00:49:37 You look about right. Your gear's down okay. Speed okay. Relax.
00:52:23 Let somebody else wipe his nose, not me... not my flight.
00:57:03 You're not answering your phone.
01:01:26 I'll wager you'll ask me to look after Carl.
01:04:24 - Excuse me, Major. - What is it?
01:14:55 - I read you, Cobra. Go ahead. - Do you need us?
01:24:15 I see.
01:30:42 That means... That means we have a long way to go yet.
01:38:57 if you'd shave once in a while.
01:43:34 Don't call me "Skipper", you read that.
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