Flying Leathernecks

1951 film by Nicholas Ray

Movie film Q2303335

Flying Leathernecks — trailer screenshot (RKO Pictures) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Nicholas Ray^[1]
Genre: war film, action film^[4]^[5]
Publication date: August 28, 1951, October 22, 1951^[28]^[29]
Screenwriter: James Edward Grant^[2]
Producer: Howard Hughes^[19]
Duration: +100^[39]
Box office: +2600000^[40]
Cast member: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Jay C. Flippen, Barry Kelley, Carleton Young, Harry Lauter, Hugh Sanders, James Bell, Janis Carter, William Harrigan, Adam Williams, Peter J. Ortiz^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Color: color^[26]
Composer: Roy Webb^[3]
Country of origin: United States^[27]
Director of photography: William E. Snyder^[21]
Distributed by: RKO Pictures, Netflix, Fandango^[30]^[31]^[32]
Distribution format: video on demand^[23]
FSK film rating: FSK 16^[38]
Film editor: Sherman Todd^[36]
Main subject: Pacific War, aviation, World War II^[33]^[34]^[35]
Medierådet rating: For ages 12 and up
Original language of film or TV show: English^[22]
Production company: RKO Pictures^[20]
Review score: 6.7/10, 75%^[24]^[25]
Set in period: World War II, 20th century, 1940s^[41]^[42]^[43]
Title: Flying Leathernecks^[37]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 57

ACMI ID: works/90420
AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 50102
AdoroCinema film ID: 100962
AllMovie title ID: v17980
Allcinema film ID: 13810
AlloCiné film ID: 100962
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.16hlqayn5bkhbee5av8daqvv6
BBC programme ID: b0078gqx
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): flyingleathernecks
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 714643
Cinema Context ID: F016284
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 12148

Show all 57 identifiers +45

DNF film ID: 17353
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 6294
Douban film ID: 1295304
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 8373, 59626
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/2149-CC24-658F-FFA0-32B8-O
ElFilm film ID: 43470
Elonet movie ID: 111984
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Flying-Leathernecks
Fandango video ID: 9999
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/jagdgeschwader-wildkatze
FilmAffinity film ID: 543633
FilmVandaag ID: film/15603
Filmfront film ID (archived): 35405
Filmová databáze film ID: 8556
Freebase ID: /m/0b07zv
Garance item ID: 8159706
Google Play Movies & TV ID: yE5g8zc2U70
IMCDB work ID: 43547
IMDb ID: tt0043547
ITunes movie ID: 286016634, 669869496
Kinobox film ID: 237839
Kinopoisk film ID: 1369
LUMIERE film ID: 179913
LdiF ID: 45160
Letterboxd film ID: flying-leathernecks
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 7386
Metacritic ID: movie/flying-leathernecks
Movie Review Query Engine ID: flying-leathernecks-m100023975
MovieLens movie ID: 8543
MovieMeter film ID: 7379
Moviepilot.de film ID: staehlerne-schwingen
Netflix ID: 60036483
OFDb film ID: 9285
OMDb film ID: 85099
PORT film ID: 116933
Plex media key: 5d77688533f255001e858975
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/flying_leathernecks
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 5803
Swedish Film Database ID: 17518
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 2338
TMDB movie ID: 47555
TheTVDB movie ID: 61979
Trakt.tv ID: movies/flying-leathernecks-1951
Trakt.tv film ID: 32837
ČSFD film ID: 21728

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 13

John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Barry Kelley, Jay C. Flippen, Adam Williams, Carleton Young +5 more

Distributed by 3

Netflix, RKO Pictures, Fandango

Main subject 3

World War II, aviation, Pacific War

Genre 2

action film, war film

Composer 1

Roy Webb

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Nicholas Ray

Director of photography 1

William E. Snyder

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Howard Hughes

Production company 1

RKO Pictures

Screenwriter 1

James Edward Grant

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — director (P57): Nicholas Ray. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — screenwriter (P58): James Edward Grant. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — composer (P86): Roy Webb. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — genre (P136): war film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — genre (P136): action film. Retrieved 2019-05-28. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): John Wayne. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Robert Ryan. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Don Taylor. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Jay C. Flippen. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Barry Kelley. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Carleton Young. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Harry Lauter. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Hugh Sanders. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): James Bell. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Janis Carter. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): William Harrigan. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Adam Williams. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — cast member (P161): Peter J. Ortiz. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — producer (P162): Howard Hughes. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — production company (P272): RKO Pictures. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — director of photography (P344): William E. Snyder. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — review score (P444): 6.7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-07. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — review score (P444): 75%. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — publication date (P577): August 28, 1951. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — publication date (P577): October 22, 1951. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — distributed by (P750): RKO Pictures. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — distributed by (P750): Fandango. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — main subject (P921): Pacific War. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — main subject (P921): aviation. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — main subject (P921): World War II. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — film editor (P1040): Sherman Todd. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — title (P1476): Flying Leathernecks. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 16. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — duration (P2047): 100 minutes. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — box office (P2142): 2,600,000 US dollars. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — set in period (P2408): World War II. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — set in period (P2408): 20th century. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Flying Leathernecks — set in period (P2408): 1940s. wikidata.org.

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7d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 8159706

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8d ago · Fotis A. · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [sq] description: filmi amerikan i vitit 1951, batch #293155"
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IMCDB work ID → 43547

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10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s

"Created claim: Set in period: 1940s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787856307365"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 8556

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12w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s

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Publication date → +1951-08-28T00:00:00Z, +1951-10-22T00:00:00Z

Screenwriter → James Edward Grant

Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+100'}

Original language of film or TV show → English

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