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
- Directed By
- Don Taylor
- Written By
- Kevin Derek, Jack Kaprielian
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 3, 1981 Wide
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Cast
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Joan Van Ark
as Marie Rivers
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Barry Bostwick
as Maj. Jay Rivers
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Linden Chiles
as Col. Collette
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George Coe
as Col. Winn
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Chase Cordell
as Lt. Bodine
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Debra Feuer
as Elaine Barnstable
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William Devane
as Maj. Phil Clark
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Jay Kerr
as Poppa
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Fred McCarren
as Frank Barnstable
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Eve McVeagh
as Amanda Clark
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Arlen Dean Snyder
as Col. Anderson
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Alan Campbell
as Lt. Tommy Heinz
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Richard Peterson
as Joe Peters
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Don Mirault
as 1st Pilot
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Vic Villaro
as Dr. E.B. Jones
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Joan O'Connell
as Linda Fowles
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Dick Padgett
as Dennis Frampton
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Van Corwith
as Capt. Marshfield
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John Liscio
as Capt. Peneau
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Don Shultis
as Red Radar Technician
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Dennis Pfeil
as Blue Radar Technician
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Frank Scerbo
as 1st Sergeant
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Charles Bean
as 2nd Sergeant
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Arnold Clark
as AP Sentry
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Scott A. Embury
as Airman
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Lewis B. Ford
as 2nd Pilot
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Mike Barbuti
as 3rd Pilot
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Jay Levine
as 4th Pilot
- J.D. Rifkin
- Paul Logan
- T.J. Storm
- Jennifer Doubleday
- Kevin Ula Christie
- Vic Vallaro
