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. During World War II, Hannibal Lee in getting ready to leave for Tuskegee, Alabama, is joined by other African American men from different backgrounds. At the start of their training, they are met by Lt. Glenn , who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force... and was credited with three kills. During training, Walter Peoples III , who already has a pilot's license, disobeys orders to try to prove himself to the base commander but this results in disciplinary action, so to prevent being sent home in disgrace, he decides to commit suicide by crashing his aircraft. Another cadet and his instructor are killed when they fail to recover from a stall. Later, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrives for an inspection. She chooses Lee to take her up in an aircraft.
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| Release date: | 1995 |
| Directed by: | Robert Markowitz, Robert Markowitz |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Music by: | William Walton, Ron Goodwin, Lee Holdridge |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Williams |
| Genre: | Action |