Rent Flying Leathernecks (1951)
3.3 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 38min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Wayne shoulders the responsibility of sending pilots to their deaths fighting the Japanese over Guadalcanal; a fact of wartime life which chokes his softer second-in-command Robert Ryan. Director Nicholas Ray is best known for intense male melodramas like 'Rebel Without a Cause' and 'In a Lonely Place', but he was working well within his powers here. Wayne and Ryan have some strong scenes together, none more so than when Wayne informs his officer he is to be passed over for promotion.
- Actors:
- John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Jay C. Flippen, William Harrigan, James Bell, Barry Kelley, Maurice Jara, Adam Williams, James Dobson, Carleton Young, Michael St. Angel, Brett King, Gordon Gebert, Hal Bokar, Barry Brooks, Charles Brunner, Richard Condon, Ralph Cook
- Directors:
- Nicholas Ray
- Producers:
- Edmund Grainger
- Writers:
- James Edward Grant, Kenneth Gamet, Beirne Lay Jr.
- Aka:
- Devil Dogs of the Air / Flying Devil Dogs
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Planes and Pilots
