---
title: 'Red Tails (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Hemingway'
released: '2012-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-tails-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485985/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Red Tails (2012)

2012 · 125 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) servicemen based at Ramitelli Airfield in southern Italy during World War II. The characters in the film are fictional, although based on real individuals. The film was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and released by 20th Century Fox, and would be the last film Lucasfilm released before being purchased by The Walt Disney Company nine months later. This was Gooding's first theatrically released film in five years since his starring role in 2007's Daddy Day Camp.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Hemingway](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hemingway)
- **Screenplay:** [John Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ridley), [Aaron McGruder](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-mcgruder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Terence Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-blanchard)
- **Producer:** [Rick McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-mccallum)
- **Director of Photography:** [J. Hugo Aronson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-hugo-aronson)
- **Editor:** [Ben Burtt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-burtt)

## Cast

- [David Oyelowo](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-oyelowo) as 1st Lt. Joe "Lightning" Little
- [Aml Ameen](https://cinepixo.com/people/aml-ameen) as "Bag O'Bones"
- [Jiří Kohout](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-kohout)
- [Leslie Odom Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-odom-jr) as Declan "Winky" Hall
- [Method Man](https://cinepixo.com/people/method-man) as Cpl. "Sticks"
- [Paul Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fox) as Capt. Miller
- [Daniela Ruah](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-ruah) as Sofia
- [Bryan Cranston](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-cranston) as Col. William Mortamus
- [Nate Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/nate-parker) as Capt. Martin "Easy" Julian
- [Cuba Gooding Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/cuba-gooding-jr) as Major Emanuel Stance
- [Gerald McRaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-mcraney) as Lieutenant General Luntz
- [Andre Royo](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-royo) as 1st Sgt. "Coffee" Coleman
- [Josh Dallas](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-dallas) as Ryan Fling
- [Rupert Penry-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-penry-jones) as Brig. Gen. Campbell
- [Marcus T. Paulk](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcus-t-paulk) as 2nd Lt. David "The Deacon" Watkins

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Official site: http://redtails2012.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-tails-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1506057); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.