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Flying Tigers (1942)

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User Rating: 6.7/10 (946 votes)
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Overview

Director:
David Miller
Writers:
Kenneth Gamet (screenplay) &
Barry Trivers (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 October 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War | Romance more
Tagline:
STRONG Brave Men Flying In The Face Of Death That We May LIVE more
Plot:
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 synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Tigers Opted Out more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8468) | UK:PG
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Actual Flying Tigers Lawrence Moore and Kenneth Sanger were technical advisors. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Jim Gordon: I Hope you two had a good time, 'cause Hap paid the check. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Raggedy Man (1981) more
Soundtrack:
Battle Hymn of the Republic more

FAQ

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Tigers Opted Out, 24 July 2005
6/10
Author: btillman63 from Arizona

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.

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