Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened.
Director:
Writers:
Awards:
- 3 nominations.
- See more »
Photos and Videos
Cast
Barry Bostwick | ... |
Ace Hunter
|
|
Michael Beck | ... |
Dallas
|
|
Persis Khambatta | ... |
Zara
|
|
Edward Mulhare | ... |
Byrne-White
|
|
George Furth | ... |
Prof. Eggstrum
|
|
Henry Silva | ... |
Guerera
|
|
Mike Kulcsar | ... |
Ivan
(as Michael Kulcsar)
|
|
Ralph Wilcox | ... |
Zac
|
|
Evan C. Kim | ... |
Suki
(as Evan Kim)
|
|
Anthony Pena | ... |
Sixkiller
(as Anthony Penya)
|
|
J. Víctor López | ... |
Lopez
(as J. Victor Lopez)
|
|
Michael Carven | ... |
Anton
|
|
Bobby Bass | ... |
Motorcycle Driver
|
|
Samir Kamoun | ... |
Aide
|
|
Youssef Merhi | ... |
Radio Operator
|
|
Roger Lowe | ... |
Chauffeur
|
|
Robert Fuller | ... |
Pilot
|
|
Ray Hill | ... |
Tank Commander
(as Ray Hill Jr.)
|
|
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Hal Needham | ... |
Technician (uncredited)
|
Directed by
Hal Needham |
Written by
Bob Kachler | ... | (story) (as Robert S. Kachler) |
James Whittaker | ... | (screenplay) and |
Albert S. Ruddy | ... | (screenplay) & |
Hal Needham | ... | (screenplay) & |
Andre Morgan | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Raymond Chow | ... | executive producer |
David Hamburger | ... | associate producer (as David Shamroy Hamburger) |
Andre Morgan | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Albert S. Ruddy | ... | producer |
Music by
Jerrold Immel |
Cinematography by
Michael C. Butler | ... | director of photography (as Michael Butler) |
Editing by
Patrick Roark | ... | (as Patrick T. Roark) |
Skip Schoolnik | ... | (as S. Skip Schoolnik) |
Editorial Department
Donah Bassett | ... | negative cutter (as Donah J. Bassett) |
Muriel Benedict | ... | post-production coordinator |
Sandra Davis | ... | assistant film editor |
Kristi Johns | ... | assistant film editor |
Cathy Rose | ... | apprentice editor |
Marlene Rubenstein | ... | post-production coordinator |
George Trirogoff | ... | assistant film editor |
William Jacobs | ... | first assistant editor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Jane Feinberg | ||
Mike Fenton |
Production Design by
Joel Schiller |
Art Direction by
Carol Wenger |
Set Decoration by
Rochelle Moser |
Makeup Department
Dorothea Long | ... | hair stylist |
Janna Phillips | ... | makeup artist |
Hallie Smith-Simmons | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
David Hamburger | ... | unit production manager (as David S. Hamburger) |
Issy Shabtay | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Bueno | ... | assistant director |
Bill Coker | ... | first assistant director |
David V. Lester | ... | assistant director |
Marty Eli Schwartz | ... | first assistant director (as Marty Schwartz) |
Art Department
Gary F. Kieldrup | ... | assistant property master (as Gary Kieldrup) |
Joseph Musso | ... | production illustrator (as Joe Musso) |
Victor F. Petrotta Sr. | ... | assistant property master (as Victor Petrotta) |
William A. Petrotta | ... | property master (as Bill Petrotta) |
Hendrik Wynands | ... | set construction coordinator (as Hank Wynands) |
Alan Arnold | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Giovanni Casalenuovo | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Greg Curtis | ... | propmaker (uncredited) |
Alfred Faria | ... | leadman (uncredited) |
Danny Gill | ... | propmaker (uncredited) |
Bob Meyers | ... | swing gang (uncredited) |
Mark Noel | ... | propmaker (uncredited) |
Harold Ritzer | ... | swing gang (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Richard Burrow | ... | sound editor |
Jay Engel | ... | adr editor |
Barbara Gandolfo-Frady | ... | assistant sound editor (as Barbara Ann Gandolfo) |
Don Hall | ... | supervising sound editor |
Joseph A. Ippolito | ... | assistant sound editor (as Joey Ippolito) |
David J. Kimball | ... | re-recording mixer |
Laurel Ladevich | ... | sound editor |
Glen Lambert | ... | boom operator (as Glenn Lambert) |
Robert J. Litt | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jerry Rosenthal | ... | sound editor |
Jack Solomon | ... | sound |
Elliot Tyson | ... | re-recording mixer |
George Geren | ... | assistant sound engineer (uncredited) |
David Williams | ... | apprentice sound editor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Cliff Wenger | ... | special effects (as Cliff Wenger Sr.) |
Gregg Bond | ... | special effects artist (uncredited) |
Linda Bond | ... | special effects prop artist (uncredited) |
Thomas L. Fisher | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
John E. Gray | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Roger Hansen | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Eric Roberts | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Cliff Wenger Jr. | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Charles Chiodo | ... | visual effects: Introvision |
Douglas Dawson | ... | visual effects: Introvision (as Doug Dawson) |
Tim Donahue | ... | visual effects art director: Introvision (as Tim Donohue) |
Anne Flagg | ... | visual effects: Introvision |
Michael Griffin | ... | visual effects: Introvision |
Roger Lee | ... | visual effects: Introvision |
William Mesa | ... | visual effects supervisor: Introvision |
Tom Naud | ... | visual effects: Introvision (as Tom Naud III) |
Eugene P. Rizzardi | ... | model supervisor: Introvision (as Gene Rizzardi) |
John Stears | ... | visual effects: Introvision |
Stephen Barncard | ... | special lighting & electronics (uncredited) |
Allen Blaisdell | ... | visual effects (uncredited) |
Jim Danforth | ... | matte artist (uncredited) / matte photographer (uncredited) |
John P. Mesa | ... | visual effects cameraman (uncredited) |
Laura Molina | ... | visual effects: Introvision (uncredited) |
Zoran Perisic | ... | Zoptic VFX Supervisor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Mickey Alzola | ... | stunts |
Bobby Bass | ... | stunt coordinator |
David Blattel | ... | stunts |
Steve Boyum | ... | stunts |
Ralph D. Carpenter | ... | stunts (as Ralph Carpenter) |
Steve Chambers | ... | stunts |
Clarke Coleman | ... | stunts |
Cathy Collingwood | ... | stunts |
Gary Davis | ... | stunts |
Steve M. Davison | ... | stunts (as Steve Davison) |
Tim A. Davison | ... | stunts (as Tim Davison) |
Mike De Luna | ... | stunts (as Mike Deluna) |
Doug Domolos | ... | stunts |
Bud Ekins | ... | stunts |
David R. Ellis | ... | stunts (as David Ellis) |
Gary Epper | ... | stunts |
Richard Epper | ... | stunts |
Bobby Ferro | ... | stunts |
Bobby J. Foxworth | ... | stunts (as Bobby Foxworth) |
Greg Gault | ... | stunts |
Jack Gill | ... | stunts |
Pat Green | ... | stunts |
Will Harper | ... | stunts (as William Harper) |
Gene Hartline | ... | stunts |
John Hateley | ... | stunts |
Mark Hateley | ... | stunts |
Freddie Hice | ... | stunts |
Steve Holladay | ... | stunts |
Richard Humphreys | ... | stunts |
Gary Hymes | ... | stunts |
Jim Jackson | ... | stunts |
Lamont Jackson | ... | stunts |
Al Jones | ... | stunts (as Alton Jones) |
Ronald Jones | ... | stunts |
Steve Kelso | ... | stunts |
Fred Krone | ... | stunts |
Paul M. Lane | ... | stunts (as Paul Lane) |
Ed Lang | ... | stunts |
Richard Losee | ... | stunts |
John Meier | ... | stunts |
Brad Orrison | ... | stunts |
Jon Conrad Pochron | ... | stunts (as John Pochron) |
J.N. Roberts | ... | stunts |
Mic Rodgers | ... | stunts |
Reid Rondell | ... | stunts |
Michael Runyard | ... | stunts (as Mike Runyard) |
Dennis Scott | ... | stunts |
Jeff Smolek | ... | stunts |
Peter Stader | ... | stunts |
Mike Tillman | ... | stunts |
Dean Westgaard | ... | stunts |
Scott Wilder | ... | stunts |
Thomas Robinson Harper | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Bill Lykins | ... | aerial stunts support (uncredited) |
Don Lykins | ... | stunt pilot (uncredited) |
Pete Turner | ... | utility stunts (uncredited) |
Craig Vincent | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Barnett | ... | best boy grip |
Mike Barnett | ... | best boy grip |
David L. Butler | ... | aerial photographer (as David Butler) |
Dana Christiaansen | ... | assistant camera |
Ray De La Motte | ... | camera operator (as Ray DeLamotte) |
Robert L. Guthrie | ... | camera operator (as Robert Guthrie) |
Harvey Kamins | ... | best boy |
Mako Koiwai | ... | assistant camera |
Bud Schindler | ... | key grip |
Peter Sorel | ... | still photographer |
Gary Welch | ... | best boy |
Robert A. Wise | ... | assistant camera (as Robert Wise) |
Donald M. Wolak | ... | gaffer (as Don Wolak) |
Daniel Dayton | ... | second assistant camera (uncredited) |
Richard Dow | ... | dolly grip (uncredited) |
Michael Genne | ... | first assistant camera (uncredited) |
Ray Ochoa | ... | crane grip (uncredited) |
John Page | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Robert E. Stuard | ... | first assistant camera (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Charlene Goldman | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathy O'Rear | ... | costumes: women |
Bill Tiegs | ... | costumes: men |
Don Vargas | ... | costume supervisor |
Gary Vargas | ... | costumes: men |
Roussell Johnson | ... | tailor (uncredited) |
Location Management
Chris Karamanos | ... | location services |
Music Department
Nancy Fogarty | ... | music editor |
Jim Henrikson | ... | music editor |
Craig Huxley | ... | coordinator: synthesizer (as Craig Hundley) |
Joel Rosenbaum | ... | orchestrator |
Steve Schaeffer | ... | coordinator: drums and percussion |
Armin Steiner | ... | music mixer (as Armand Steiner) |
Malcolm McNab | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Hope Williams | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Richard M. Brasic | ... | dispatcher (as Richard Brasic) |
Mike Doyle | ... | transportation captain (as Michael Doyle) |
Gary Small | ... | dispatcher |
Howard A. Small | ... | transportation coordinator (as Howard Small) |
Richard M. Brasic | ... | dispatcher (uncredited) |
Lyle Christensen | ... | shotmaker driver (uncredited) |
Hugh Day | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Carol Gilson | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Fulton 'Greg' Gilson | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Ed Hanna | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Jim Kojaku | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Ralph Landolfi | ... | driver (uncredited) |
John Kris Larsen | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Ronald Linxwiler | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Alan Meyers | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Joe Meylor | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Howard Mitchell | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Arthur Nuss | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Larry Ropa | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Timothy Sheehan | ... | driver (uncredited) |
Roger Wooge | ... | driver: stunt unit (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Al Ebner | ... | unit publicist |
William Fredrick | ... | vehicles and weapons designer and fabricator |
Ray Lykins | ... | flying sequences coordinator |
Jim McCarthy | ... | production accountant |
Adele Nadel | ... | assistant: Albert S. Ruddy |
Maureen Osborne-Beall | ... | production coordinator |
Kathleen M. Shea | ... | assistant: Hal Needham (as Kathy Shea) |
Gene Starzenski | ... | nurse |
John W. Stuart | ... | production accountant |
Dave Wagner | ... | technical advisor (as Col. David Wagner) |
Jack Gary | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Carol Heyer | ... | secretary (uncredited) |
Art 'Klondike' Jones | ... | craft service (uncredited) |
Jeff Lawrence | ... | stand-in: Barry Bostwick (uncredited) |
Robert Mills | ... | projectionist (uncredited) |
Paul Wolfe | ... | radio operator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Golden Harvest Company
- Northshore Investments (copyright holder)
- Golden Movies International
Distributors
- Twentieth Century Fox (1982) (United States) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (1982) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Parafrance Films (1982) (France) (theatrical)
- Constantin Film (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Triangel Produksjon A/S (1982) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Concorde Film (1982) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- New Gold Entertainment (1982) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Industrias Audiovisuales Argentinas S.A. (1982) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Laurenfilm (1982) (Spain) (theatrical) (as Lauren Films)
- Golden Harvest Company (1982) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Toho-Towa (1982) (Japan) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox Video (1982) (United States) (VHS)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1983) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- CNR Film & Video (1983) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Constantin Video (1983) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Futurama (1983) (Italy) (VHS)
- GCR Distribution (1983) (France) (VHS) (distributed by)
- Home Box Office (HBO) (1983) (United States) (tv) (pay television)
- Roadshow Home Video (1983) (Australia) (VHS)
- Vide Office (1983) (France) (VHS)
- CBS/Fox Video (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- Guild Home Video (1984) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1984) (Greece) (VHS)
- Video Collection International (1989) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (for Cannon)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Hen's Tooth Video (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2022) (Australia) (DVD)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Fortune Star Media Limited (World-wide)
Special Effects
- Introvision International
- Zoptic (parachute and flying sequences)
Other Companies
- Evergreen Recording Studios (music recorded at)
- Audio Affects (music recorded at)
- Westheimer Company (titles and optical effects)
- Air Corporation (flying sequences coordinated by)
- Wynands Productions Inc. (sets constructed by)
- Centerline (wheels by)
- Bakshi Productions (lasers by)
- Pinetree Post Production Services (post-production coordination)
- MCA Records (original motion picture soundtrack on)
- Goldwyn Sound Facility (re-recorded at)
- Goldman & Associates (extras casting)
- Panavision (lenses and panaflex camera by)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate dictator who they must blow to bits.
Written by |
Plot Keywords | |
Taglines | When the force was with them, NO-ONE stood a chance! See more » |
Genres | |
Parents Guide | Add content advisory for parents » |
Certification |
|
Additional Details
Also Known As |
|
Runtime |
|
Country | |
Language | |
Color | |
Aspect Ratio |
|
Sound Mix | |
Filming Locations |
Box Office
Budget | $20,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The movie had no credited costume designer. All clothes were designed by the toy company Mattel. See more » |
Goofs | At the first hologram scene, Dallas says to show it in place of the big rock. When the hologram ends, the big rock disappears. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Thing, The Atomic Café, The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time, Megaforce (1982). See more » |
Soundtracks | Mega Force See more » |
Quotes |
[As Eggstrum approaches.]
Ace Hunter: Here comes The Egg... Dallas: And that's no "yolk." Eggstrum: Dallas, when a person doesn't have less on, they have...? Dallas: "More on"? Eggstrum: Exactly. See more » |