Texas Tech University

Bat 21

Moving Image Item Number: 1179VI2766
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Physical Location
D024.3F
Copyright Statement
2000 MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
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Not Available
Format
DVD
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
01:45:00
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 1988
General Note
Only the bravest of men risk their lives to save others! In this 'suspenseful and engrossing action tale' (Boxoffice) based on a true-life rescue story, Oscar winner Gene Hackman (Unforgiven), and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) portray a pair or valiant American soldiers up against impossible odds for survival and rescue within war-torn Vietnam. After his reconnaissance plane is shot down behind enemy lines in Vietnam, Lt. Colonel Hambleton (Hackman), a career soldier who's used to calling the shots from behind a desk, must now figure out a way to survive in the jungle! Luckily for him, he manages to establish radio contact with an Air Force Pilot, Bird-Dog (Glover), who makes it his mission to save his stranded comrade. To plan the dangerous rescue, the two soldiers communicate by secret code. But when the enemy intercepts their messages, it's only a matter of time before the code is broken...leaving both men at risk of being caught and imprisoned.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2766

Citation
Bat 21, 1179VI2766. 1988, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1179VI2766, Accessed 20 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1179VI2766, Michael Cook Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 10 Jan 2010 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]