Title: Flying Tigers
Runtime: 102 Min
Year: 1942
Genres: Action - Drama - War
Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones, Mae Clarke, Addison Richards, Edmund MacDonald, Bill Shirley, Tom Neal, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, David Bruce, Chester Gan, Jimmie Dodd, Gregg Barton
Directed By: David Miller
PLOT
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.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: Kenneth Gamet & Barry Trivers (screenplay) Kenneth Gamet(original story)
Parental Advisory Certification: USA:Passed (National Board of Review) / West Germany:12 (f) / UK:A (original rating) / Argentina:13 / Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15 / USA:Approved (PCA #8468) / UK:PG
Awards:
1943- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Effects, Special Effects - Howard Lydecker (photographic) &Daniel J. Bloomberg (sound) (NOMINATED)
-Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Victor Young (NOMINATED)
-Best Sound, Recording - Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD) (NOMINATED)
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