Black Sheep Squadron

• Director: Russ Mayberry
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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Adventure, Biopic
• Themes: Military Life, War in the Sky
• Release Year: 1976
• Country: US
• Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

Black Sheep Squadron is the 2-hour pilot film for the TV adventure series Baa Baa Black Sheep. Robert Conrad stars as real-life World War II ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. Ever at odds with his superiors, the highly decorated Boyington quits the Flying Tigers, finagles a major's commission, and organizes his own squadron of misfits and screw-ups, which he dubs the Black Sheep Squadron. In true buck-the-establishment fashion, Pappy's boys prove to be better and braver pilots than practically anyone else in the whole durned Marine Corps. Among the Black Sheep are such personable young performers as James Whitmore Jr., Dirk Blocker (son of Dan Blocker) and John Larroquette. Originally titled Baa Baa Black Sheep when it first aired on September 21, 1976, Black Sheep Squadron was later syndicated as Flying Misfits. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Dirk Blocker; Simon Oakland; Robert Conrad

Credit

Russ Mayberry - Director

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