Sterling Hayden in "Battle Taxi" (1955)
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- During the Korean War, U.N. forces learn to depend on the Air Rescue Service branch of the American Air Force, whose dedicated pilots often brave great danger while using their helicopters to rescue the wounded. One of the best ARS commanders is the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team, Capt. Russ Edwards (Sterling Hayden), a stern but fair disciplinarian, who constantly reminds his men that when they take unnecessary chances and damage their helicopters, a wounded man may not receive the help he needs. Of particular concern to Edwards is a hot-shot former jet pilot, Lt. Pete Stacy (Arthur Franz), who had trained as a jet pilot but because he also had helicopter experience, was transferred to ARS. After Stacy pulls yet another dangerous stunt, Edwards reprimands him, telling him how important helicopter rescue work is, trying to turn him into a team player. The helicopters are not equipped with weapons, his duty is to pick up the wounded and not engage the enemy.
Lt. Col. Stoneham (Jay Barney), the overall commander of the unit, is worried that the rescue missions are being jeopardized by the number of helicopters out of service, and leans on Edwards to make his men aware that taking unnecessary risks is hurting their operational readiness. Despite the cautions, on the very next mission, Stacy and his copilot, 2nd Lt. Tim Vernon (Marshall Thompson) and Medic (Michael Colgan) put themselves and a rescued soldier in danger. When the soldier tells them that his patrol is trapped by an enemy tank, Stacy does not wait for the jets on station to come in, but attacks the tank with only his flares, resulting in his helicopter being shot up and put out of commission.
Edwards tries to reinforce the message that the helicopter rescue is important and stations Stacy and his crew at the farthest base, near the enemy lines. Although Stacy accomplishes a risky rescue of a downed airman, his effort to bring back an airman unconscious in the sea, risks not only his life but all the men aboard his helicopter when he runs out of fuel. Stacy successfully pulls it off by refuelling from a damaged North Korean fuel truck but the fuel contaminates the engine and puts his helicopter out of commission.
The repaired helicopter is tested by Stacy and his crew but their test flight is interrupted by an emergency call where Stacy has to face not only the enemy but also rely on a helicopter rescue after he is seriously wounded and his helicopter is downed with the loss of the jet pilot that was just picked up. Edwards arrives to rescue everyone but calls in a jet fighter patrol to mop up an enemy force. When Stacy recovers, he is now convinced that his job is an essential one and that being part of a team is important, and later, after he has recuperated, Stacy proudly delivers Edwards' speech about the ARS to a new group of jet pilots.
A 1955 American Black & White aviation B-Movie directed by Herbert L. Strock, produced by Art Arthur and Ivan Tors, screenplay by Malvin Wald, story by Art Arthur and Wald, cinematography Lothrop B. Worth, starring Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham, Jay Barney, John Dennis, and Michael Colgan.
Released by United Artists. One of Ivan Tors’ early genre-hopping, search-for-a-hit efforts prior to his finding the mark with aquatic adventures (he produced "Sea Hunt" (CBS TV Series 1958-1961) and "Flipper" (NBC TV Series 1964-1967), and oversaw the underwater sequences for "Thunderball" (1965).
Herbert L. Strock (1918-2005) was an American television producer/director, and a B-movie director of titles such as "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" (1957), "How to Make a Monster" (1958), and "The Crawling Hand" (1963). Strock was involved with many television series including "The Cases of Eddie Drake", "Highway Patrol", "Sea Hunt", "Science Fiction Theatre", "I Led 3 Lives", "Sky King", and "The Veil". In 2000, Strock published a memoir, "Picture Perfect".
Sterling Walter Hayden (1916-1986) was an American actor, author, sailor, model and Marine. A leading man for most of his career, in films such as John Huston's "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), Nicholas Ray's "Johnny Guitar" (1954), and in both Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" (1956), and "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964).
The two Korean War-era helicopters seen are two Sikorskys- the H-5 and the H-19 Chickasaw. Both were workhorses for battlefield rescue of downed pilots and wounded soldiers. Revell sold a model of the Sikorsky helicopter.
If you enjoy watching high quality stock footage, newsreel clips, and endless shots of old helicopters and jet fighters (A-26s, B-29s and F-86) in the midst of not so exciting action, this is actually a decent film about the Korean War. There are a lot of good old Sabres and Shooting Stars, some S-51 Hely and other USAF stuff of the period(F-51 , B-45, B-29, Hu-16), which all makes this a must see for aviation buffs and helicopter enthusiasts.
GREAT MOVIE!
They don't make movies like this anymore 👍👍👍👍👍
Sterling Hayden a terrific actor. Loved him and Bette Davis in The Star.
This is like watching a great history book from cover to cover. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks, I really enjoy these old movies.
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STERLING HAYDEN
Highly decorated Marine!
Arthur Franz, actor, (February 29, 1920 - June 17, 2006) During World War II, Franz served as a B-24 Liberator navigator in the United States Army Air Forces. He was shot down over Romania and incarcerated in a POW camp, from which he later escaped.
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The good old war movies! Really like this one. Thanks for the upload!
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"Phew! That was close... good thing I ducked! Let me stand up again and see if they can hit me this time." :D Not to mention "Oh! My pistol is unloaded. Do you mind if I rack the slide with the barrel right on your foot?"
Nice to see a split windscreen F-86.
Roger that.
No one ever mentioned anything about our "precious bodily fluids"
Mandrake....that why I deny women my essence 😅
What about our precious asses being shot off
"Do you realize the fluoridation [of water] is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we've ever had to face?"
What a masterpiece of a movie.
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Thanks for posting. I have seen alot about the Vietnam War and CSAR there but very little about Korea other than the Bridges of Toko Ri.
And "Pork Chop Hill".
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Most of them were class B movies or foreign made. None were blockbuster films. The Battle at Lake Changjin is a Chinese movie about the Chosin Reservoir.
At 8.00 the mixed message Colonel ,"a week in Tokyo ? yes sir enjoy yourself ,goodbye"
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Love the scene where Hayden's character is testing the repaired helo ... Cool how he could make it dance!
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Probably running the film backwards!
God bless the good ol' Sikorsky S-55! (H-19)
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Who doesn’t smoke in these older movies.
Great movie! Thanks for sharing it ❤
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P51 cover, pretty cool.
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This was fun! Thanks for posting this.
I usually spend way too much time trying to decide what movies to watch ...as soon as i saw this oh yeah....lol
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He was pretty much a seal before there was such a thing.
Could he balance a beach ball on his nose?
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You've all been watching way too much Dr. Strangelove. LOL. That was a good movie.
before then he went North to Alaska where the big goldrush was on
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A great learning experience.
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Excellent 🙂🙂
My Dad flew the SA-16 in Korea…
God Bless your Dad. Thanks for his service.
Sterling was a ww2 vet!
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Who can forget William Holden and Mickey Rooney dying in the other Korean movie in their chopper rescue unit!, small world.
Yes,I was traumatised by that as a child
The movie you are referring to is The Bridges at TOKO-RI . Great Movie Grace Kelly also starred in it.
This was the B-movie knock-off, released the same year. Recognize any other names in the cast? Nope, although I sorta recognized a couple of faceless-faces...
I believe Walter Pigeon was the Admiral in it. But, it's been a long time.@@stevesmodelbuilds5473
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I guess when this was made people were entertained just with big doses of stock footage
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First mission (9:30 in) and the "jet escort" all have propellers.......
The colonel knows dammit about aviation maintenance
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The P-51 at 10:00 onwards looked like a P-51B... I didn't thought that any of those got to Korea...
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'Now why don't you take it easy Group Captain er, General..and please make me a drink of grain alcohol and rainwater and Mandrake er, General and do you remember wha' tha' frog, Clemenceau said about our beloved general Buck Turgidson'?
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41:04 wonder why there was prop noise on a jet crashing?
Good question. Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...?
Have you ever heard about "fluoridation"?.... Mandrake...feed me...
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Im going to take a WAG and say there were no F-51C/D models used in Korea. Please correct me if Im wrong.
I meant C/B models. D is a result of a fat finger.
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Saw a B-45. Does anyone know if they actually served in Korea? So far all acft ive seen did.
Good question. Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...?
The war in Kprea was a silly one f you ask me and so many people died and what for only half of korea. Still not changed has it stupi north Korea still around. Nice Helicopters back then today even better amazing
The "Bad egg turns good" plot is just too cliche
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Dr.Strangelove colonel.
42:36 Trivia Question: what Korean war period aircraft had a split front windscreen like this?
I don't know the answer, and am willing to award 1,000 Trivia Points to the one who does.
Early F86
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I believe that I saw this movie at one time
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This is back when they still made good movies now they’re computer animated trash,
Gizmo....1/29/24...........
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WW II Japanese firing at Korean war troops over California...
Wouldn't worry too much about that. Korea was occupied NY Japan during WWII and I'm positive there was a lot of surplus left there. As an example of that when I was stationed at K8 '75-'76 the ROKAF were flying F-86s and the ground troops were carrying Bars and using Quad .50s for perimeter defence. Dont know about you but even today I'd not want to face either of those.
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Looks like southern California. Say fellas, what's the big idea? I thought we was fightin' Commies. Oh....wait a sec. Now it does make sense....in 2024!
Kick the Socialist WOKE's asses Sterling Hayden, er, Captain Edwards....sir.
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They dont look well trained...very unconvincing.
Stupid movie they are getting shot at next to the helicopter and they are just sitting there like nothing.
This is the worst movies ever
This is better than 99% of the swill they make today.
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