
In WWII, the Tuskegee army airfield was where the first 'colored' army fighter pilots were trained. This dramatization of real events follows one man, Hannibal Lee, through training to impossibly high standards, Congressional maneuvering, months of no air-combat action, and finally acceptance and decoration as one of the 332nd Fighter Group, who never lost a bomber to enemy action.
Ed LauterGen. Stevenson
Tim KelleherLt. Wesley (B-17)
Janet MacLachlanHannibal's mother
Malcolm-Jamal WarnerLeroy Cappy
John LithgowSen. ConyersThe footage used when the crews are viewing the sinking of the battleship also appears in the TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976) which is a Japanese battleship not a German one in the Med. Sea.
Hannibal 'Iowa' Lee Jr.:
Straighten up...
Billy 'A-Train' Roberts:
...fly right.
Continuity: During the final dog fight the underwing droptanks keep appearing and disappearing.
Written by Nat 'King' Cole and Irving Mills
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