Flying Leathernecks

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Plot: 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 ...( read more read more... )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

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  • SexiVixxEN
    SexiVixxEN
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    May 22, 2008
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  • kenstachnik
    kenstachnik
    3.5 Stars
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    February 26, 2008
    I'm not a huge Robert Ryan fan and this isn't my favorite of Wayne or Ray's either.

    Overall it's a pretty typical film of the Gung Ho military genre.

    The action scenes incorporate actual war footage which is pretty cool and Ray's editing is marvelous.
  • splittailluvr
    splittailluvr
    3.5 Stars
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    October 19, 2006
    Very good aerial WWII movie with lots of good actual footage almost but not quite an anti-war movie if you think about it.

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