They were expendable [videorecording] : Flying Leathernecks / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture ; produced and directed by John Ford ; screenplay by Frank Wead ; Howard Hughes Picture ; produced by Edmund Grainger ; directed by Nicholas Ray ; screenplay by James Edward Grant.
Videodisc release of 1945 and 1951 motion pictures. For specific features see interactive menu. Closed captioned. They were expendable: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond. Flying Leathernecks: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Jay C Flippen, William Harrigan.
Contents:
Side A: They were expendable (1945, 135 min., b&w) -- side B. Flying leathernecks (1951, 102 min., col.)
Summary:
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
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