Flying Tigers (1942) | |
| Director(s) | David Miller |
| Producer(s) | Edmund Grainger (associate) |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, World War II |
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Flying Tigers (1942) was a Action - Drama Film directed by David Miller and produced by Edmund Grainger.
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Victor Young | Nominated |
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Flying Tigers (1942)
By Beatrice on Sep 11, 2014 From Flickers in TimeFlying Tigers Directed by David Miller Written by Kenneth Garnet and Barry Trivers 1942/USA Republic Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Video This not a bad movie but come prepared for a representative collection of tropes from every other flight combat movie out there, with some from Only Ange... Read full article
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Jim Gordon:
Don't try to win this war all by yourself.
Jim Gordon: I hope you two had a good time, 'cause Hap paid the check.
Jim Gordon: [referring to the flight of replacement pilots] Any word on that flight yet?
Rangoon hotel clerk: Yes sir, it was attacked and fired on by Japanese aircraft. She's coming in on one wing and a prayer.
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Jim Gordon: I hope you two had a good time, 'cause Hap paid the check.
Jim Gordon: [referring to the flight of replacement pilots] Any word on that flight yet?
Rangoon hotel clerk: Yes sir, it was attacked and fired on by Japanese aircraft. She's coming in on one wing and a prayer.
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Facts about
The opening scene shows a Japanese air raid and in the aftermath a crying child is sitting alone amid debris. This scene virtually duplicates a famous photo taken in 1937 and published in Life magazine following a Japanese air raid on Shanghai. (Located in the National Archives, ARC Identifier: 535557)
Some clips of the dogfights and Japanese ack-ack guns were from confiscated Japanese newsreels.
No scene of the interior of the airplane could be shown for security reasons. The instrument boards shown were fake.
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Some clips of the dogfights and Japanese ack-ack guns were from confiscated Japanese newsreels.
No scene of the interior of the airplane could be shown for security reasons. The instrument boards shown were fake.
read more facts about Flying Tigers...
