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The Tuskegee Airmen

Year:

1995

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Robert Markowitz

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1995-08-26

Filming Locations: Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Perry Moore

Laurence Fishburne

Hannibal Lee

Allen Payne

Walter Peoples

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Leroy Cappy

Courtney B. Vance

Lt. Glenn (as Courtney Vance)

Andre Braugher

Benjamin O. Davis

Christopher McDonald

Major Joy (as Chris McDonald)

Daniel Hugh Kelly

Col. Rogers

John Lithgow

Senator Conyers

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Billy Roberts

Mekhi Phifer

Lewis Johns

Christopher Bevins

Young Hannibal

Eddie Braun

Tail Gunner

Max Daniels

Left Waist Gunner

Jack Dwyer

Operations Officer

James Field

Conductor

Vivica A. Fox

Charlene (as Vivica Fox)

Bennet Guillory

Hannibal's Father

David Harrod

White Pilot #1

Brett A. Jones

Right Waist Gunner (as Brett Jones)

Johnny Judkins

White Pilot #2

Tim Kelleher

Lt. Wesley - B17

Doug Kruse

Walter's Instructor

Ed Lauter

General Stevenson

Barry Lehman

German Prisoner

Janet MacLachlan

Hannibal's Mother

Allen McCormick

Lewis' Instructor

Willie Minor

Black Prisoner

Rosemary Murphy

Eleanor Roosevelt

Marco Perella

Col. Sirca

David Pickens

Gang Boss

William Earl Ray

Tank

Rick Snyder

Chairman Cassidy

Allen R. Stokes

Drill Sergeant

Ned Vaughn

Capt. Butler - B-17

Graham Jarvis

Senator (uncredited)

John Lizzi

Senator at Hearing (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The silver color of the PT-17 biplane trainer aircraft (properly known as the Kaydet but commonly called the Stearman) is correct for the time when the Tuskegee Airmen were training. The attractive blue and yellow paint scheme displayed on most Kaydets today is from before WWII.

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The barracks used in the movie are located in Fort Chaffee, right outside of Fort Smith, Arkansas. These same barracks were used in the filming of Biloxi Blues (1988) with Matthew Broderick.

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This film's opening preamble states: "This film is based on a true story."

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Goofs

The Gun Camera film of them strafing the German Destroyer while at anchor is actually a Japanese Destroyer from Rabaul in the Pacific.

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When the 99th gets Ramitelli, Hannibal has 2 swastikas and Train has 1 kill. They each get a kill when they discover a straggling bomber. It is reported that HQ confirmed the kills. The next time they are in the air and find a destroyer, each plane still has the same number of swastikas. They should each have added one more to their planes since HQ confirmed the kills earlier.

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During the final dog fight the underwing droptanks keep appearing and disappearing.

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Quotes

Lt. Glenn: [Cadet Johns has just died in a crash] Cadet Lewis Johns just taught you the most important lesson you'll learn here at Tuskegee. If you don't believe in God, you'd better find a damn good substitute.

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Hannibal 'Iowa' Lee Jr.: [to an exploding Focke-Wulf] Give my regards to Der Fuhrer.

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Major Sherman Joy: You, people. Don't you know how bad we treat you, people? Serving your country? This ain't your country. You country is full of apes and gorillas, malaria, missionaries...

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