The Hunters (1958)

Directed by Dick Powell
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)

Robert Mitchum arrives at a US Air Force in Japan during the Korean War. He meets fighter pilot Richard Egan in the bar. Egan is too drunk to get himself home, which leads to Mitchum meeting his wife, Swedish beauty May Britt. He flirts with her, and vice versa, until he finds out she is Egan's wife. Back on base in Korea, he's the new wing commander and Egan is the troublesome pilot who lacks confidence in his ability to shoot down enemy jets. The dog fight scenes are terrific, some of the best I can remember involving jets. However, the romantic triangle bogs down the movie with sentimental mush.