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Sabre Jet (1953)

Sabre Jet poster
Directed by
Louis King
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of U.S. Air Force pilots fly F-86 Sabre jets in the Korean War. Their wives back home cope with the danger and uncertainty of their missions.

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What happens

Sabre Jet is a 1953 American drama war film set during the Korean War, directed by Louis King and starring Robert Stack, Coleen Gray, Richard Arlen, Julie Bishop and Leon Ames. It was shot in Cinecolor using United States Air Force footage. Sabre Jet was based on a story by the producer Carl Krueger with the screenplay written by the husband and wife playwright and screenwriting team of Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. The opening credits state: "This picture is dedicated to the air force wives who shared their men with a world made desperate by the most brutal aggressor in history." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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