John Wayne is at
his best in this
action-packed story of
the history-making
battle of Guadalcanal.
Wayne is the rugged
Commander of a fighter squadron
who not only battles the Japanese,
but also his executive officer Robert
Ryan. It's a hard look at the kind of
guts it takes to lead men into battle,
with innumerable dogfights brought
to life in vivid Technicolor" The first
RKO film to feature the "Howard
Hughes Presents credit, it was
produced by Edmund Grainger,
who also teamed with Wayne in
the classic Sands of Iwo Jima.