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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 ...
Flying Leathernecks is a 1951 film about a Marine squadron in the Guadalcanal campaign. It stars John Wayne as the tough but fair commander and Robert Ryan as his second in command, who clash over training methods.
- (5.6K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Nicholas Ray
- 1951-08-28
Watch Flying Leathernecks, a 1951 action drama film starring John Wayne as a Marine Air Corps officer in World War II. Learn how he and his rival clash and cooperate in the face of combat and danger.
- Nicholas Ray
- January 1, 1951
- John Wayne
- 102 min
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).
- Nicholas Ray, Edmund Grainger, Sam Ruman
- John Wayne
Dec 30, 2020 · Flying Leathernecks (1951) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #FlyingLeathernecksMarine fighter squadron VMF 247 is in the thick of it on Guadalcanal. The airstrip t...
- 4 min
- 38.4K
- Warner Bros. Classics
John Wayne is a no-nonsense WWII squadron leader whose unforgiving style clashes with that of his fellow officer, Robert Ryan. But when called into action ov...
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Flying Leathernecks. As the new commanding officer of a squadron of Marine pilots, Maj. Daniel Kirby (John Wayne), a stern and strict leader, cannot believe the lack of discipline exhibited by the ...
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