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Flying Leathernecks [DVD] [1951] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

John Wayne , Robert Ryan , Nicholas Ray    DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Jay C. Flippen
  • Directors: Nicholas Ray
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Turner Home Ent
  • DVD Release Date: 4 May 2004
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001FVE4U
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 237,490 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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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 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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3.0 out of 5 stars A Clash of Hollywood Titans. 19 Nov 2012
By Bob Salter TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
This film made in 1951 is more akin to the jingoistic American flag waving films that John Wayne made during the war years. Films like "The Flying Tigers", "The Fighting Seabees" and "Back to Bataan" spring to mind. It is essentially a paen to the Marine Flying Corps of WW11 who fought in the Pacific theatre. Wayne plays the new Squadron leader who's no nonsense approach clashes with the more softly softly attitude of his executive officer played by a pugnacious Robert Ryan, one of Hollywood's truly great actors. Ray wisely concluded that ex boxer Ryan was one of the few actors who could whup Wayne's ass and might therefore prove himself a worthy antagonist to the big man. The believable clashes between the two are cleverly interspersed with real action footage of Pacific fighting.

The film was made at the behest of then RKO chief billionaire Howard Hughes who liked nothing better than a good aviation film. One can only imagine that arch tinkerer Hughes would have placed great pressure on cult director Nicholas Ray to conform to his own particular wishes. With this and mega star Wayne who was also notorious for doing things his own way, it his hard to recognise the uniquely gifted individual artistic stamp of Ray who made such brilliant films as "In a Lonely Place" and "Johnny Guitar". Hard to believe that this essentially generic and predictable war film was directed by cult great Ray. The film itself is entertaining enough. The clash of Hollywood titans Wayne and Ryan is always watchable, although I did have to laugh at the grimacing Wayne as he gave those wicked Japs what for! He seemed to have been copying the expressions of Japanese pilots in "The Flying Tigers"! The film also boasts one of the finest support actors of that period in Jay C Flippen. All filmed in impressive technicolor including the combat footage, the film looks pretty good for its age! One scene of a pilot ejecting out over a raging sea battle is hugely impressive. Whilst it is certainly not a great war film it is worth watching.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well what would you expect! 28 Mar 2008
By Gisli Jokull Gislason VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Here John Wayne trades his cowboy outfit for a WW2 pilot uniform and takes on the Japs a Guadalcanal. John Wayne is his usual self and is still a cowboy.

The movie is still very watchable, it combines historical footage and dogfights and since it is all B/W it works out well and war movie buffs will like it.

All in all it is a good John Wayne movie and a decent old War Movie but no masterpiece. Good enough to include in a collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Action 15 Mar 2013
By Slider
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
John Wayne doing what he does best would recommend this film as it has some original WWII footage combined with the film.
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