The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog, in 1915, maakten piloten Courtney en 'Scotty' deel uit van een Brits squadron, gevestigd in Frankrijk, van het Royal Flying Corps. De luchtmachtbasis staat onder bevel van majoor Brand, die moet besluiten zijn mannen zeer gevaarlijke missies toe te vertrouwen. Elke keer keren sommige piloten niet terug en volgen de vervangers elkaar op, steeds jonger en onervaren. Wanneer Brand naar elders wordt overgeplaatst, neemt Courtney het bevel over en wordt hij gedwongen de beslissingen te nemen waarvoor hij zijn voorganger bekritiseerde. Dus stuurt hij een nieuwe vervanger, Donnie, 'Scotty's' jongere broer, op een missie...
Regiseur:
Edmund Goulding
Schrijvers:
Dan Totheroh, Seton I. Miller.
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Errol Flynn as Capt. Courtney |
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Basil Rathbone as Maj. Brand |
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David Niven as Lt. Scott |
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Donald Crisp as Phipps |
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Melville Cooper as Sgt. Watkins |
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Barry Fitzgerald as Bott |
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Carl Esmond as Hauptmann Von Mueller |
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Peter Willes as Hollister |
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Morton Lowry as Donnie Scott |
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Michael Brooke as Capt. Squires |
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James Burke as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver |
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Stuart Hall as Bentham |
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Herbert Evans as Scott's Mechanic |
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Sidney Bracey as Major Brand's Orderly |
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Leo Nomis as Aeronautic Supervisor |
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Hal Brazeale as Gregory |
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Tyrone Brereton as Orderly |
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Richard Deane as 'B' Flight Replacement |
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Fred Graham as Running Man on Airfield |
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Ivo Henderson as Soldier |
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Tim Henning as Orderly |
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Shep Houghton as Young Recruit |
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George Kirby as Kirby - Orderly |
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Anthony Marsh as Rutherford |
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John Meredith as 'B' Flight Replacement |
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Wally Rairden as Cleaver |
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John J. Richardson as Mechanic |
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John Rodion as Lt. Russell |
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Speirs Ruskell as 'B' Flight Replacement |
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Tom Seidel as Jones |
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John Sutton as Adjutant |
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F. Philip Sylvestre as 'B' Flight Replacement |
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Gordon Thorpe as Smythe |
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Charles Waldron Jr. as Lt. Billings |
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Gordon Wallace as 'B' Flight Replacement |
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Norman Willis as Von Richter |
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Gilbert Wilson as Moorehead |
| Writing | Dan Totheroh | Screenplay |
| Directing | Edmund Goulding | Director |
| Writing | John Monk Saunders | Story |
| Writing | Seton I. Miller | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Ross | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Tony Gaudio | Director of Photography |
| Art | John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Crew | Edwin B. DuPar | Special Effects |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
| Editing | Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Phillips | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Frank Heath | Assistant Director |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound |
| Production | Robert Lord | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Oren Haglund | Second Assistant Director |
