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Box office. $2.6 million (U.S. rentals) [1] Flying Leathernecks is a 1951 American Technicolor action war film directed by Nicholas Ray, [2] [3] produced by Edmund Grainger, (who had produced Sands of Iwo Jima) and starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan. The movie details the exploits and personal battles of United States Marine Corps aviators ...
- $2.6 million (U.S. rentals)
- Edmund Grainger
Flying Leathernecks is a movie about a Marine Corps squadron in the WWII battle of Guadalcanal, starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this action drama film.
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Flying Leathernecks (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Flying Leathernecks is a 1951 film about a Marine pilot squadron led by John Wayne and Robert Ryan. The movie has a 75% Tomatometer and a 63% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes, and features actual war footage and Nicholas Ray's direction.
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- John Wayne
- Nicholas Ray
- War
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Multi-billionaire playboy and impulsive eccentric Howard Hughes was the deep-pocketed producer behind the Nicholas Ray buzz-boy film, Flying Leathernecks in 1951. Hughes' decision to produce the film made sense, given his own interest in aviation and the fact that one of his first film efforts was the aerial drama, Hell's Angels (1930).