The Dawn Patrol (1938)
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
Top Billed Cast: Gilbert Wilson, Ivo Henderson, Anthony Marsh
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Errol Flynn
Capt. Courtney
Basil Rathbone
Maj. Brand
David Niven
Lt. Scott
Donald Crisp
Phipps
Melville Cooper
Sgt. Watkins
Barry Fitzgerald
Bott
Carl Esmond
Hauptmann Von Mueller
Peter Willes
Hollister
Morton Lowry
Donnie Scott
Michael Brooke
Capt. Squires
James Burke
Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver
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Stuart Hall
Bentham
Herbert Evans
Scott's Mechanic
Sidney Bracey
Major Brand's Orderly
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Leo Nomis
Aeronautic Supervisor
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Hal Brazeale
Gregory
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Tyrone Brereton
Orderly
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Richard Deane
'B' Flight Replacement
Fred Graham
Running Man on Airfield
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Ivo Henderson
Soldier
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Tim Henning
Orderly
Shep Houghton
Young Recruit
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George Kirby
Kirby - Orderly
Anthony Marsh
Rutherford
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John Meredith
'B' Flight Replacement
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Wally Rairden
Cleaver
John J. Richardson
Mechanic
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John Rodion
Lt. Russell
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Speirs Ruskell
'B' Flight Replacement
Tom Seidel
Jones
John Sutton
Adjutant
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F. Philip Sylvestre
'B' Flight Replacement
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Gordon Thorpe
Smythe
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Charles Waldron Jr.
Lt. Billings
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Gordon Wallace
'B' Flight Replacement
Norman Willis
Von Richter
