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Flying Tigers

"Strong BRAVE MEN FLYING IN THE FACE OF DEATH THAT WE MAY Live"

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.

Top Cast

  • John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Jim Gordon

  • John Carroll

    John Carroll

    Woody Jason

  • Anna Lee

    Anna Lee

    Brooke Elliott

  • Paul Kelly

    Paul Kelly

    Hap Smith

  • Gordon Jones

    Gordon Jones

    Alabama Smith

  • Mae Clarke

    Mae Clarke

    Verna Bales

  • Addison Richards

    Addison Richards

    R.T. Lindsay

  • Edmund MacDonald

    Edmund MacDonald

    Blackie Bales

  • Bill Shirley

    Bill Shirley

    Dale

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.

Rating

6.2 / 10
56 Reviews
1 Popular

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