The Hunters (1958 film)

The Hunters
Directed byDick Powell
Screenplay byWendell Mayes
Based onThe Hunters
1957 novel
by James Salter
Produced byDick Powell
Starring
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke, A.S.C.
Edited byStuart Gilmore, A.C.E.
Music byPaul Sawtell
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 1958 (1958-09)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,440,000[1]
Box office$2,100,000 (U.S. rentals)[2][3]

The Hunters is a 1958 American CinemaScope war film adapted from the novel, The Hunters by James Salter. The picture was produced and directed by Dick Powell and starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner as two very different United States Air Force fighter pilots during the Korean War. The cast also features Richard Egan and May Britt.

  1. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 251.
  2. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 227.
  3. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. January 7, 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross