Flying Leathernecks

Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) arrives at VMF-247 ("Wildcats") as the new commander when everybody in the unit was expecting Captain Carl "Grif" Griffin (Robert Ryan) to take over. Kirby is strict and makes this understood from day one. Assigned to the Cactus Air Force during the Guadalcanal campaign, Kirby has few planes available and a lot to accomplish with a field attacked daily by the Japanese. His pilots are young and behave like "kids", sometimes disobeying orders and foolishly losing precious pilots and precious planes. Kirby is requiring maximum effort, and Captain Griffin is not as tough as Kirby wants. Griffin stays closer to his young pilots, one of them his own brother-in-law, Vern "Cowboy" Blithe (Don Taylor (actor)).

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 61979
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide August 28, 1951
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 102 minutes
  • Genres Action Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English
  • Studio RKO
  • Production Company RKO
  • Production Countries United States of America
  • On Other Sites IMDB TheMovieDB.com
  • Box Office Worldwide $2,600,000
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