The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen
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GenreDrama
History
War
Written byParis Qualles
Trey Ellis
Ron Hutchinson
Robert Wayland Williams
T. S. Cook
Directed byRobert Markowitz
StarringLaurence Fishburne
Allen Payne
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Courtney B. Vance
Andre Braugher
Christopher McDonald
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Mekhi Phifer
John Lithgow
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Music byLee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerFrank Price
ProducerBill Carraro
Production locationsMuskogee, Oklahoma
Fort Smith, Arkansas (Ft. Smith Frisco Station)
Muskogee, Oklahoma (Davis Field)
Fort Chaffee, Arkansas
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Los Angeles
Juliette, Georgia
CinematographyRon Orieux
EditorDavid Beatty
Running time106 minutes
Production companiesHBO Pictures
Price Entertainment
Budget$8,500,000 (estimated)
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseAugust 26, 1995 (1995-08-26)
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The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Corps, that fought in World War II. The film was directed by Robert Markowitz and stars Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Lithgow, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.