The Dawn Patrol
1938, Film, 103 min, Drama, War, English, United States, MoviePedia score 68
They roared through the dawn... with death on their wings!
In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Courtney
- Basil Rathbone as Major Brand
- David Niven as Scott
- Donald Crisp as Phipps
- Melville Cooper as Sgt. Watkins
- Barry Fitzgerald as Bott
- Carl Esmond as Hauptmann Von Mueller
- Peter Willes as Hollister
- Morton Lowry as Donnie Scott
- Michael Brooke as Capt. Squires
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