The Flying Misfits
The Flying Misfits
Release: 1976-09-21
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.8
Action
Drama
War
The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The film also acted as the pilot for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. Former U.S. Marine pilot Greg "Pappy" Boyington is flying with the American Volunteer Group (the Flying Tigers) in China. After Pearl Harbor brings America into World War II, Greg leaves the AVG to rejoin the Marine Corps. He refuses to be relegated to a desk job and, against all military protocol, forms his own fighter squadron from a group of misfits and disciplinary cases.
Cast
Sandra Kerns
as Nurse
Dana Elcar
as Col. Thomas A. Lard
Robert Ginty
as 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph 'T.J.' Wiley
John Larroquette
as 2nd Lt. Robert 'Bob' Anderson
Sharon Gless
as Nurse 1st Lt.
Lance LeGault
as Lt. Huck
Charles Napier
as Maj. Red Buell
Jeff MacKay
as Lt. Donald French
James Whitmore
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
Peter Donat
as Col. Mathis
George Gaynes
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
Anthony Charnota
as Freddy
John Lawlor
as Dr. Jim Reese
Jake Mitchell
as Lt. Robert Boyle
Robert Conrad
as Maj. Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
Dirk Blocker
as 1st Lt. Jerome 'Jerry' Bragg
John Durren
as Doc Roberts
Byron Morrow
as Adm. Nimitz
Simon Oakland
as Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore
W.K. Stratton
as 2nd Lt. Lawrence 'Larry' Casey
James Murtaugh
as Medical Lieutenant