The story of the flying tigers of china harassing Japanese targets during World War II. Originally brought to Karachi with a plan to attack Japan from a base in the Philippines, the group arrived after the Philippines were lost. They were then assigned to bring supplies to Chenault's group in China. When Scott (the hero from Georgia) met Chenault and the fact that his men were flying real missions, he wanted to join up and did. Raymond Massey is his usual tough self as Chenault. Alan Hale plays a priest. There's not much personality shown by anyone, except the Japanese, who are referred to as buck toothed and one of whom gets to hector the Americans. There are dogfights aplenty. The title is misleading for the amount of soul searching and searching for god is minimal. although after scott kills people he does go to father tom (alan hale) for advice and alan hale is always looking for the spark of god searching in scott. the blacks in macon georgia, scott's hometown are shown in a racially subordinate light.
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