Movie · 1976
The Flying Misfits
Released 21 September 1976 93 min Action / Drama / War More from 1976 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Simon Oakland
as Brig. Gen. Thomas Moore
George Gaynes
as Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault
James Whitmore
as Capt. James 'Jim' Gutterman
Dana Elcar
as Col. Thomas A. Lard
Peter Donat
as Col. Mathis
Robert Conrad
as Maj. Greg 'Pappy' Boyington
Lance LeGault
as Lt. Huck
Anthony Charnota
as Freddy
Charles Napier
as Maj. Red Buell
John Lawlor
as Dr. Jim Reese
Sharon Gless
as Nurse 1st Lt.
James Murtaugh
as Medical Lieutenant
John Larroquette
as 2nd Lt. Robert 'Bob' Anderson
Robert Ginty
as 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph 'T.J.' Wiley
W.K. Stratton
as 2nd Lt. Lawrence 'Larry' Casey
Dirk Blocker
as 1st Lt. Jerome 'Jerry' Bragg
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The numbers
42years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Simon Oakland — oldest on the call sheet
19Dirk Blocker — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast