Young recruits are sent airborne toward certain death, but Hawks locates a strange joy in their grim fate.
The Dawn Patrol
GREATEST AIR EPIC EVER!
1930 · 1h 48m · NOT RATED
Action, Drama, War
Directed by
Howard Hawks
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The Dawn Patrol
Overview
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Director and cast
- Howard Hawks Director
- Richard Barthelmess as Dick Courtney
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Douglas 'Doug' Scot
- Neil Hamilton as Maj. Brand
- Frank McHugh as Flaherty
- Clyde Cook as Bott
- James Finlayson as Field Sergeant
- Gardner James as Ralph Hollister
- William Janney as Gordon 'Donny' Scott
- Edmund Breon Cast
- Jack Ackroyd Cast
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