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.
Gene Hackman
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Danny Glover
as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
Jerry Reed
as Col. George Walker
David Marshall Grant
as Ross Carver
Clayton Rohner
as Sgt. Harley Rumbaugh
Erich Anderson
as Major Jake Scott
Joe Dorsey
as Col. Douglass
Michael Ng
as Vietnamese Man (as Rev. Michael Ng)
Theodore Chan Woei-Shyong
as Boy on Bridge
Don Ruffin
as Helicopter Crew
Scott Howell
as Helicopter Crew
Michael Raden
as Helicopter Crew
