Film

Battle Taxi

5.619551h 22mNRDrama War

Age rating: NR
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Year: 1955

They called his outfit "sitting ducks" - but he made them avenging eagles!

In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a team player.

Top cast

Sterling Hayden

Capt. Russ Edwards

Arthur Franz

Lt. Pete Stacey

Marshall Thompson

2nd Lt. Tim Vernon

Leo Needham

SSgt. 'Slats' Klein

Jay Barney

Lt. Col. Stoneham

Michael Colgan

Medic Capt. Larsen

Andy Andrews

Lazy Joker Two

Dale Hutchinson

Blue Boy Three-Gene

John Dennis

MSgt. Joe Murdock

Directed by

Herbert L. Strock

Written by

Art Arthur

Produced by

Ivan Tors, Art Arthur