Note: Textual links to book and film included in synopsis.
Bat 21 is a 1988 war film directed by Peter Markle, and adapted from the book BAT 21
by William C. Anderson, novelist and retired United States Air Force colonel.
Set during the Vietnam War, the film is a dramatization based upon the rescue of a U.S. signals intelligence expert shot down behind enemy lines in Vietnam. The film stars Gene Hackman and Danny Glover with Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant, Clayton Rohner, Erich Anderson and Joe Dorsey in supporting roles.
