Flying Leathernecks [VHS]


	Actor(s):		John Wayne Robert Ryan Don Taylor Janis Carter Jay C. Flippen
	Video by:		Warner Home Video
	Sales Rank:		343274

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Actor(s):
John Wayne
Robert Ryan
Don Taylor
Janis Carter
Jay C. Flippen

Creators:
William E. Snyder (Cinematographer)
Sherman Todd (Editor)
Edmund Grainger (Producer)
Beirne Lay Jr. (Writer)
James Edward Grant (Writer)
Kenneth Gamet (Writer)

Director(s):
Nicholas Ray

Recording label: Warner Home Video
EAN: 9786303422084
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 630342208X
Format: Color, EP, NTSC,
Release Date: 1995-05-09
Universal product code (UPC): 053939635034
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

Amazon.com
John Wayne and Robert Ryan co-star in Flying Leathernecks, Nicholas Ray's intense 1951 war movie that managed to appeal to RKO studio chief Howard Hughes's passion for thrilling aerial footage while supplying Ray's own fascination with the human psyche under near-inhuman duress. Wayne plays Major Dan Kirby, commander of a Marine Flying Corps squadron in the South Pacific of World War II. After witnessing the slaughter of men under his command at Midway, Kirby is battle-hardened and in no mood for the familiar style of his executive officer (Ryan). Emotions are further strained as Kirby's pilots are picked off one by one in grueling missions, leading to a crisis that ultimately forces each man to reevaluate his attitude toward sending men to their likely doom. The drama is built around extensive, startling documentary footage of battle action in the sky, but what makes Flying Leathernecks unique is its literate, psychologically probing script. --Tom Keogh

Running time: 102 minutes