Flying Tigers
Strong BRAVE MEN FLYING IN THE FACE OF DEATH THAT WE MAY Live
Rating: 6.3 out of 10TMDB(61 votes)
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Sound (1943)
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Filming locations
Filmed in New Mexico and Arizona
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Setting
Set in the Republic of China
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Music
Music by Victor Young
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jack A. Marta
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Barry TriversScreenplay
- Kenneth GametScreenplay, Original Story
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 8, 1942
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
John WayneJim Gordon
John CarrollWoody Jason
Anna LeeBrooke Elliott
Paul KellyHap Smith
Gordon JonesAlabama Smith
Mae ClarkeVerna Bales
Addison RichardsR.T. Lindsay
Edmund MacDonaldBlackie Bales
Bill ShirleyDale
Tom NealReardon
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggartMcCurdy
David BruceLt. Barton
Chester GanMike
Jimmie DoddMcIntosh
Gregg BartonTex Norton
John JamesSelby- Dorothy Kelly
Willie FungWaiter (uncredited)
Charles LaneRepkin (uncredited)- Lotus LongChildren's Matron (uncredited)
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