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Red Tails

Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Action-packed depiction of a lesser-known aspect of World War Two.

Italy, 1944. Eager to prove themselves as top pilots and support crew despite prejudice, a segregated squadron of African American US airmen, originally trained at Tuskegee, finally get to face their formidable German foes in death-defying dogfights. However, the men also have individual desires and demons with which to contend. Show less

Contributors

Colonel AJ Bullard:
Terrence Howard
Major Emmanuel Stance:
Cuba Gooding Jr
Marty 'Easy' Julian:
Nate Parker
Joe 'Lightning' Little:
David Oyelowo
Ray 'Junior' Gannon:
Tristan Wilds
Andrew 'Smokey' Salem:
Ne-Yo undefined
Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman:
Andre Royo
Colonel William Mortamus:
Bryan Cranston
Samuel 'Joker' George:
Elijah Kelley
David 'Deke' Watkins:
Marcus T Paulk
Maurice Wilson:
Michael B Jordan
Declan 'Winky' Hall:
Leslie Odom Jr
Lieutenant General Luntz:
Gerald McRaney
Colonel Jack Tomlinson:
Lee Tergesen
Pretty Boy:
Lars van Riesen

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