Captain Russ Edwards (Sterling Hayden), the commander of the K-59 Helicopter Element in Korea, dispatches former fighter pilot Lieutenant Pete Stacey (Arthur Franz) to rescue a wounded infantryman in his chopper.
Pete locates the wounded man and rescues him, only to see the rest of the soldier’s patrol being pursued by a Communist tank. He takes the helicopter down again and delays the tank’s advance, withdrawing as the planes which cover helicopter rescue flights sweep down and destroy the tank.
Capt. Russ Edwards
Sterling Hayden Lt. Pete Stacey
Arthur Franz 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon
Marshall Thompson SSgt. ‘Slats’ Klein
Leo Needham Lt. Col. Stoneham
Jay Barney MSgt. Joe Murdock
John Dennis Medic Capt. Larsen
Michael Colgan Lazy Joker Two
Andy Andrews Blue Boy Three-Gene
Dale Hutchinson Lt. Marty Staple
Joel Marston Lt. Joe Kirk
Robert Sherman Lt. ‘Smiley’ Jackson
Vance Skarstedt Wounded GI
John Goddard
Director
Herbert L. Strock
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