Missing in Action

A mission to retrieve downed wing commander Col. Jafko (Howard Duff) goes awry when Lt. Hanley's squad mistakenly shoots the messenger who delivered the pilot's whereabouts to them. A "Maquisard" truck driver transports them to the farm where French Resistance have hidden the wounded pilot, and where he has fallen in love with the farmer's daughter, Denise (Maria Machado).

Retrieving a downed pilot becomes even more nerve-wracking, because Lt. Hanley's battle-fatigued squad mistakenly shot the messenger who delivered the U.S. war hero pilot's whereabouts to them. Hanley doesn't want this mission, but he's assured that a grizzled Maquisard truck driver will transport them safely to the farm where French Resistance hide the wounded bomber pilot.