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Red Tails

Red Tails

High-Octane Action and Daring Dogfights!

20126.62h 5m

Overview

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Directed by Anthony Hemingway
Written by John Ridley, Aaron McGruder
Produced by Rick McCallum, Chas. Floyd Johnson
Box OfficeBudget: $58.0MRevenue: $50.4M

Top Cast

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

Colonel William Mortamus

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

Joe 'Lightning' Little

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Major Emanuelle Stance

Daniela Ruah

Daniela Ruah

Sofia

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Col. A.J. Bullard

Andre Royo

Andre Royo

Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman

Robert Kazinsky

Robert Kazinsky

Chester

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Colonel Jack Tomlinson

Matthew Leitch

Matthew Leitch

Lt. David Long

Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan

Maurice Wilson

Themes & Keywords

world war iifighter pilotu.s. air forcebased on true storyfighter airplanetuskegee airmen1940safrican american history

About Red Tails

Red Tails is a drama, history, war film released in 2012 exploring themes of world war ii, fighter pilot, u.s. air force, based on true story, fighter airplane, tuskegee airmen. Directed by Anthony Hemingway, it stars Bryan Cranston, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr.. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

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