Red Flag - The Ultimate Game (1981)

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Purportedly based on a true story, this made-for-TV drama was filmed on location at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The focus is on two highly competitive jet pilots, Major Jay Rivers (Barry Bostwick) and Major Phil Clark (William Devane). Unable to leave their rivalry on the ground, Rivers and… More Purportedly based on a true story, this made-for-TV drama was filmed on location at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The focus is on two highly competitive jet pilots, Major Jay Rivers (Barry Bostwick) and Major Phil Clark (William Devane). Unable to leave their rivalry on the ground, Rivers and Clark attempt to "work out" their differences thousands of feet in the air during "Operation Red Flag", a war-games exercise simulating actual combat conditions. As the tension mounts above the clouds, the story periodically cuts away to the two combatants' earthbound--and long-suffering--spouses (Joan Van Ark, Eve McVeigh. Former test pilot Chuck Yeager functioned as technical advisor on Red Flag: The Ultimate Game, which made its CBS network bow on October 3, 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Don Taylor
Written By: Kevin Derek, Jack Kaprielian
Genres: Action & Adventure, Television

In Theaters: Oct 3, 1981 Wide
On DVD: Jun 1, 1992

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Cast

            Joan Van Ark as Marie Rivers

            Barry Bostwick as Maj. Jay Rivers

            Linden Chiles as Col. Collette

            George Coe as Col. Winn

            Chase Cordell as Lt. Bodine

            Debra Feuer as Elaine Barnstable

            William Devane as Maj. Phil Clark

            Jay Kerr as Poppa

            Fred McCarren as Frank Barnstable

            Eve McVeagh as Amanda Clark

            Arlen Dean Snyder as Col. Anderson

            Alan Campbell as Lt. Tommy Heinz

            Richard Peterson as Joe Peters

            Don Mirault as 1st Pilot

            Vic Villaro as Dr. E.B. Jones

            Joan O'Connell as Linda Fowles

            Dick Padgett as Dennis Frampton

            Van Corwith as Capt. Marshfield

            John Liscio as Capt. Peneau

            Don Shultis as Red Radar Technician

            Dennis Pfeil as Blue Radar Technician

            Frank Scerbo as 1st Sergeant

            Charles Bean as 2nd Sergeant

            Arnold Clark as AP Sentry

            Scott A. Embury as Airman

            Lewis B. Ford as 2nd Pilot

            Mike Barbuti as 3rd Pilot

            Jay Levine as 4th Pilot

            J.D. Rifkin
            
            Paul Logan
            
            T.J. Storm
            
            Jennifer Doubleday
            
            Kevin Ula Christie
            
            Vic Vallaro
            
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