Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection on 28th April 1986, and then it got re-released by The Video Collection and Cinema Club on 3rd April 1989, and it got re-released by The Video Collection and Cinema Club on 11th October 1993.

Description[]

THIS POWERFUL HOWARD HUGHES PRESENTATION DEPICTS A TREMENDOUS CLASH OF PERSONALITIES AND HAIR-RAISING WAR-TIME EXPLOITS.

A FLYING SQUADRON IN ACTION DURING THE WAR IS TAKEN OVER BY A TOUGH COMMANDER WHO LEADS HIS TEAM AGAINST TREMENDOUS ODDS, CONTROLLING THE MEN WITH AN INFLEXIBLE STRENGTH OF WILL.

Cast[]

John Wayne as Maj. Daniel Xavier Kirby
Robert Ryan as Capt. Carl "Griff" Griffin
Don Taylor as Lt. Vern "Cowboy" Blithe
Janis Carter as Joan Kirby
Jay C. Flippen as MSgt. Clancy, Line Chief
William Harrigan as Dr. Lt. Cdr. Joe Curran
Brett King as First Lt. Ernie Stark
Steve Flagg as Capt. Harold Jorgensen
James Bell as Colonel
Barry Kelley as Brigadier General
Maurice Jara as Shorty Vegay
Adam Williams as Lt. Bert Malotke
James Dobson as Lt. Pudge McCabe
Carleton Young as Col. Riley
Michael St. Angel as Capt. Harold Jorgensen, Ops. Officer (as Steve Flagg)
Brett King as 1st Lt. Ernie Stark
Gordon Gebert as Tommy Kirby

Credits[]

Opening (Original 1986 release) (with no trailer)[]

Warning screen (1985-1986)
An RKO Radio Pictures logo
Start of Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Closing (Original 1986 release) (with no trailer)[]

End of Flying Leathernecks (1951)
The End
RKO Radio Pictures logo (Flying Leathernecks variant)

Opening (Rare 1986 release)[]

The Video Collection Warning Screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection "New Catalogue" Promo From 1986 with clips of "It's a Wonderful Life, "Rebecca", "High Noon", "Ring of Bright Water", "Duel in the Sun", "The Quiet Man", "Rio Grande", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "Dark Command", "Wake of the Red Witch", "Flying Tigers", "The Touch of Mink", "Indiscreet", "Operation Petticoat", "Father Goose", "Bringing Up Baby", "The Green is Greener", "Flying Down to Rio", "The Gay Divorcee", "Silver Hawks", "Care Bears", "The Get Along Gang", "GoBots", "M.A.S.K.", "ThunderCats", "A Star for Jeremy", "George & the Star", "The Coneheads", "Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats", "Grimm's Fairy Tales", "The Flintstones", "The Smurfs", "Top Cat", "He-Man & the Masters of the Universe", "Mr. T", "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop", "Scooby-Doo", "Yogi Bear", "SuperTed", "Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends", "Moschops", "Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines", "The Video Gallery", "The Wind in the Willows", "Duran", "Queen", "Sport Aid" and "Jane Fonda's Workout". [announced by Ray Brooks]
An RKO Radio Pictures logo
Start of Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Closing (Rare 1986 Release)[]

End of Flying Leathernecks (1951)
The End
RKO Radio Pictures logo (Flying Leathernecks variant)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Opening (1989 Re-release, Cinema Club) (with no trailer)[]

Tracking control screen (1988-1991) (Normal)
Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
An RKO Radio Pictures logo
Start of Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Closing (1989 Re-Release, Cinema Club) (with no trailer)[]

End of Flying Leathernecks (1951)
The End
RKO Radio Pictures logo (Flying Leathernecks variant)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Opening (1993 Re-release)[]

Video Collection International: Cinema Club - John Wayne Classic Collection promo from 1993
Tracking control screen (1991-1994) (Slow)
Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
An RKO Radio Pictures logo
Start of Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Closing (1993 Re-release)[]

End of Flying Leathernecks (1951)
The End
RKO Radio Pictures logo (Flying Leathernecks variant)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Trailers and info[]

1986 second release[]

The Video Collection "New Catalogue" advert from 1986 which is narrated by Ray Brooks featuring 'Movie Greats' video tiles including...

a clip of the 1946 Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film "It's a Wonderful Life"
a clip of Laurence Olivier in the 1940 psychological drama film "Rebecca" along with Joan Fontaine.
a clip of the 1952 Western film "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
A still for other movie greats that are available which are "Ring of Brightwater", "Duel in the Sun" and many more to which Ray Brooks announces.
clips for John Wayne films on video such as the chatting and kissing scene from "The Quiet Man" (1952), brief clips of other movies with John Wayne such as "Rio Grande" (1950), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1950), "Dark Command" (1940), the punching scene from "Wake of the Red Witch" (1948) and a clip from "Flying Tigers" (1942).
clips for films starring Cary Grant including a clip of himself with Doris Day in "The Touch of Mink" (1952), a clip of himself with Ingrid Bergman in "Indiscreet" (1958), "Operation Petticoat", "Father Goose", "Bringing Up Baby", "The Green is Greener", and many more...,
Musicals - Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, Young at Heart and many more...,
Children's Entertainment - Care Bears, The Get Along Gang, ThunderCats, Mask, Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends, Yogi Bear, The Wind in the Willows and many children's videos.
The Video Music Collection - Duran and many musical videos. and Sports - Sport Aid, Run the World, Jane Fonda's Workout and many sports videos

1993 Re-release[]

The John Wayne Classic Collection with clips of "The Quiet Man", "The First Rebel", "The Fighting Seabees", "Back to Bataan", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "Rio Grande", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Flying Leathernecks" and "The Magnificent Showman".