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8 October 1942 (USA) moreTagline:
NUNCA COMO HASTA AHORA SE FILMO LA GUERRA EL EL AIRE TAN CRUENTA, TAN REAL, TAN VIOLENTA! (original Argentine poster - all caps) morePlot:
The Flying Tigers are a band of American Mercenaries called upon by China to help fight the Japanese two years before Pearl Harbour full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. moreNewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Woo-Hoo! Woo Woos Cruise (From Get The Big Picture. 28 October 2009, 2:25 AM, PDT)
Tom Cruise May Fly In World War II For John Woo
(From Cinema Blend. 27 October 2009, 2:29 PM, PDT)
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Tigers Opted Out more (29 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Wayne | ... | Capt. Jim Gordon | |
| John Carroll | ... | Woodrow 'Woody' Jason | |
| Anna Lee | ... | Brooke Elliott | |
| Paul Kelly | ... | Hap Smith - Pilot | |
| Gordon Jones | ... | 'Alabama' Smith | |
| Mae Clarke | ... | Verna Bales | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Col. R.T. Lindsay | |
| Edmund MacDonald | ... | 'Blackie' Bales - Pilot | |
| Bill Shirley | ... | Dale | |
| Tom Neal | ... | Reardon - Pilot | |
| Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | ... | McCurdy - Pilot (as Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart) | |
| David Bruce | ... | Lt. Barton - Pilot | |
| Chester Gan | ... | Mike - Mechanic | |
| Jimmie Dodd | ... | 'Mac' McIntosh - Pilot (as James Dodd) | |
| Gregg Barton | ... | 'Tex' Norton - Pilot |
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102 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8468) | UK:PGFun Stuff
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No scene of the interior of the airplane could be shown for security reasons. The instrument boards shown were fake. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The AVG did not engage in any combat prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Their first combat mission against the Japanese was December 20, 1941. moreQuotes:
Woody Jason: [as he charges outside during an air raid] C'mon, everybody! The bank's open!Woody Jason: [minutes later, after he grabs an unarmed and radio-less fighter to join the battle... even after Jim has told him to wait until he gets combat training] Get your checkbook out, General.
[He's about to shoot down some Japanese, or so he thinks]
Woody Jason: [after getting winged by a Japanese bomber and making a forced landing, right into a tree] ... Well, I walked away from THAT one!
Another Pilot: Yeah... A few more landings like THAT, and you'll be a Japanese ace!
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That Old Feeling moreFAQ
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Several friends of mine flew with the AVG. One of them who attended the premiere (c. October '42) recalls that he and a couple other Tigers were so embarrassed by the film that they were caught sneaking out of the theater.
However, the loathing of John Wayne contained in other reviews on this site demonstrates a total lack of objectivity. Wayne was 35 at the time of Pearl Harbor, and not even his friendship with then-Cdr. John Ford could get him accepted for military service. (according to one bio, his distinctive walk resulted from a football injury.) On one tour of the Pacific, Wayne got dead drunk with some fighter pilots in New Guinea. They placed his inert form on a cot and carried it into the middle of the compound and allowed him to awake with a hangover: stark naked. He rolled over and went back to sleep...
Whatever anybody thinks of Wayne or the Vietnam War, he was still visiting troops in-country at age 63.