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Flying Tigers (1942)
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The Flying Tigers are a band of American Mercenaries called upon by China to help fight the Japanese two years before Pearl Harbour Director:David Miller |
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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Woody Jason
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Col. Lindsay
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Tom Neal | ... |
Reardon
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Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | ... |
McCurdy
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Lt. Barton
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Chester Gan | ... |
Mike
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McIntosh
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Gregg Barton | ... |
Tex Norton
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Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers. In particular, he must handle the difficulties created by a reckless hot-shot pilot named Woody Jason, who not only wants to fight a one-man war but to waltz off with Gordon's girlfriend. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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| West Germany:Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Woody Jason: Aw, it would've been a cinch; I was ridin' the murder-spot right above those Jap bombers! If I had ammo, I'd have blown them clear out of China!
Jim Gordon: Instead, you wasted a good ship!
Woody Jason: Hey, you talk like that crate's more important than me.
Jim Gordon: I can't afford to lose planes OR pilots...
Woody Jason: It's like I told you earlier, Pappy: All I get out of this is the dough, so you can't blame me for trying. In a skeet match, the guy who knocks down the most pigeons wins the cup.
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(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Played on a record in the Chinese restaurant See more »
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No scene of the interior of the airplane could be shown for security reasons. The instrument boards shown were fake. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Woody crashes the airplane he took up without permission we hear the engine running and see it running (you can't see the propeller) as it passes the camera several times on the way down, but just before he touches down in the crash the engine is not running and the propeller is clearly stopped. See more »Quotes
Jim Gordon: [after Woody joins a sortie against Jim's orders, in a fighter without ammo or a radio, and gets himself shot down] Where do you think you are, with some broken-down flying circus?Woody Jason: Aw, it would've been a cinch; I was ridin' the murder-spot right above those Jap bombers! If I had ammo, I'd have blown them clear out of China!
Jim Gordon: Instead, you wasted a good ship!
Woody Jason: Hey, you talk like that crate's more important than me.
Jim Gordon: I can't afford to lose planes OR pilots...
Woody Jason: It's like I told you earlier, Pappy: All I get out of this is the dough, so you can't blame me for trying. In a skeet match, the guy who knocks down the most pigeons wins the cup.
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Soundtracks
"That Old Feeling"(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Played on a record in the Chinese restaurant See more »
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