Flying Tigers (1942)

6.2/10 102 min Action Drama War

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.

Cast

John Wayne

Jim Gordon

John Carroll

Woody Jason

Anna Lee

Brooke Elliott

Paul Kelly

Hap Smith

Gordon Jones

Alabama Smith

Mae Clarke

Verna Bales

Addison Richards

R.T. Lindsay

Edmund MacDonald

Blackie Bales

Bill Shirley

Dale

Tom Neal

Reardon

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

McCurdy

David Bruce

Lt. Barton

Chester Gan

Mike

Jimmie Dodd

McIntosh

Gregg Barton

Tex Norton

John James

Selby

Willie Fung

Waiter (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Repkin (uncredited)

Lotus Long

Children's Matron (uncredited)

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