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Release Date:
August 28, 1951
Original Title:
Flying Leathernecks
Alternate Titles:
Attack i Stilla Havet
Flygende villkatter
Guadalcanal - Entscheidung im Pazifik
Horizonte de Glórias
Jagdgeschwader Wildkatze
The Flying Leathernecks
Горящий полет
太平洋航空作战
Genres:
Action | Drama | War
Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 JP: G US: NR
Runtime: 102
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
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Art Direction:
Albert S. D'Agostino
James W. Sullivan
Assistant Director:
Sam Ruman
Costume Design:
Michael Woulfe
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Director of Photography:
William E. Snyder
Editor:
Sherman Todd
Hairstylist:
Larry Germain
Makeup Artist:
Mel Berns
Music:
Roy Webb
Music Director:
C. Bakaleinikoff
Presenter:
Howard Hughes
Producer:
Edmund Grainger
Production Supervisor:
Cliff P. Broughton
Screenplay:
James Edward Grant
Beirne Lay Jr.
Edmund Grainger
Set Decoration:
Darrell Silvera
John Sturtevant
Sound:
Frank McWhorter
Clem Portman
Story:
Kenneth Gamet
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