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Bat*21
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Markle
Produced by	Michael Balson (producer) Mark Damon (co-producer) David Andrew Fisher (Executive producer) Evzen Kolar (line producer) Gary A. Neill (producer) Jerry Reed (executive producer) David Saunders (co-producer)
Written by	William C. Anderson (book) William C. Anderson (screenplay) and George Gordon (screenplay)
Starring	Gene Hackman Danny Glover Jerry Reed David Marshall Grant Clayton Rohner
Music by	Christopher Young
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editing by	Stephen E. Rivkin
Distributed by	Starlight TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	October 21, 1988
Running time	105 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Bat*21 is a 1988 film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book by William Charles Anderson.^[1] Set during the Vietnam War, the film is based on the true, costly, and controversial rescue of a U.S. navigator officer whose Douglas EB-66 electronics aircraft is hit by a SAM.

The film stars Gene Hackman as Lt. Colonel Iceal E. "Gene" Hambleton, the downed navigator (EWO) officer, and Danny Glover as Captain Bartholomew Clark, an Air Force FAC pilot who flies a Cessna Skymaster. The film is loosely based on the real-life rescue of Lt. Col. Hambleton by U.S. Navy SEAL Thomas R. Norris and team member Nguyen Van Kiet, a South Vietnamese soldier.

Executive producer David Andrew Fisher was also the director of Toy Soldiers (1984) and of Liar's Moon (1982).

Bat*21 was filmed in Sabah, Malaysia.

References

External links

• Bat*21 at the Internet Movie Database