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From Guadalcanal to Okinawa...the Marine air-devils blazed a trail of glory...while the women they left behind fought battles of their own!
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
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Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
Robert Ryan
Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
Don Taylor
Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe
Janis Carter
Joan Kirby
Jay C. Flippen
MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
William Harrigan
Dr. Lt.Cdr. Joe Curran
James Bell
Colonel
Barry Kelley
Brigadier General
Maurice Jara
Shorty Vegay
Adam Williams
Lt. Bert Malotke
Carleton Young
Col. Riley
Michael St. Angel
Capt. Harold Jorgensen, Ops. Officer
Brett King
1st Lt. Ernie Stark
Richard Condon
1st Pilot Replacement (uncredited)
James Craven
Fleet CIC Commander (uncredited)
Victor Cutler
2nd Pilot Replacement (uncredited)
Gail Davis
Virginia Blithe (uncredited)
Sam Edwards
Junior (uncredited)
Fred Graham
MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Intelligence Officer (uncredited)
Douglas Henderson
Lt. Foster (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Indian Affairs Clerk (uncredited)
Mona Knox
Annabelle (uncredited)
Keith Larsen
Charlie (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Freddie (uncredited)
Eda Reiss Merin
Mama Malotke (uncredited)
John Mitchum
Lt. Black (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders
General on Guadalcanal (uncredited)
Lynn Stalmaster
Lt. Billy Castle (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Fleet CIC Radio Operator (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
Mack Williams
Colonel (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney
3rd Pilot Replacement (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Michael Woulfe
Costume Design
Howard Hughes
Presenter
Nicholas Ray
Director
Roy Webb
Music
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
James Edward Grant
Screenplay
Lekce
Japan's War in Colour
Mys Dobré naděje
Mirror
Who's Singin' Over There?
The Dirty Dozen
Sunflower
Where Eagles Dare
Au Revoir les Enfants
The Violators
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Elementary School
Seven Days in May
Stalingrad
From Here to Eternity
A Blind Hero: The Love of Otto Weidt
The D.I.
Nowhere in Africa
Churchill's Darkest Decision
D-Day: Normandy 1944
Escape to Victory
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Tommy
To End All Wars
Sunshine
Up Periscope
Force 10 from Navarone
13 Rue Madeleine
Report from the Aleutians
South Pacific
Riders in the Sky
Iron Eagle
The Most Beautiful
Zone Troopers
Vysoká modrá zeď
Hilde
Untamagiru
Postia marsalkalle
A Distant Shore: African Americans on D-Day
Okinawa
Top Gun: Maverick
Greyhound
Midway
Devotion
Run Silent, Run Deep
Pearl Harbor
The Shepherd
Battle of Britain
Memphis Belle
The Last Rifleman
Red Tails
Midway
The Final Countdown
In Harm's Way
Courage Under Fire
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Sea Chase
The Wings of Eagles
The Fighting Seabees
Flying Tigers
Kokoda
Aces High
Halls of Montezuma
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