Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981)
- Director(s):
- Don Taylor
Synopsis of Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
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
Complete Cast of Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
- Joan Van Ark - Marie Rivers
- Linden Chiles - Col. Collette
- Chase Cordell - Lt. Bodine
- William Devane - Maj. Phil Clark
- Fred McCarren - Frank Barnstable
- Arlen Dean Snyder - Col. Anderson
- Richard Peterson - Joe Peters
- Vic Villaro - Dr. E.B. Jones
- Dick Padgett - Dennis Frampton
- John Liscio - Capt. Peneau
- Dennis Pfeil - Blue Radar Technician
- Charles Bean - 2nd Sergeant
- Scott A. Embury - Airman
- Mike Barbuti - 3rd Pilot
- Barry Bostwick - Maj. Jay Rivers
- George Coe - Col. Winn
- Debra Feuer - Elaine Barnstable
- Jay Kerr - Poppa
- Eve McVeagh - Amanda Clark
- Alan Campbell - Lt. Tommy Heinz
- Don Mirault - 1st Pilot
- Joan O'Connell - Linda Fowles
- Van Corwith - Capt. Marshfield
- Don Shultis - Red Radar Technician
- Frank Scerbo - 1st Sergeant
- Arnold Clark - AP Sentry
- Lewis B. Ford - 2nd Pilot
- Jay Levine - 4th Pilot
- Director(s):
- Don Taylor
- Writer(s):
- T.S. Cook
- Producer(s):
- Peter S. Greenberg
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