The Flying Leathernecks

Film Description

John Wayne and Robert Ryan co-star in Nicholas Ray's intense 1951 war movie. 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, his emotions are further strained as his pilots are picked off one by one in missions, leading to a crisis that ultimately forces the Kirby and his executive officer to re-evaluate their attitude toward sending men to their likely demise.

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