Plot
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
Cast
John Wayne
Jim Gordon
John Carroll
Woody Jason
Anna Lee
Brooke Elliott
Paul Kelly
Hap Smith
Gordon Jones
Alabama Smith
Mae Clarke
Verna Bales
Addison Richards
R.T. Lindsay
Edmund MacDonald
Blackie Bales
Bill Shirley
Dale
Tom Neal
Reardon
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
McCurdy
David Bruce
Lt. Barton
Crew
Barry Trivers
Screenplay
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Gamet
Screenplay
David Miller
Director
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
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