The Dawn Patrol (1938)
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.
- Date of release
- 1938-12-24
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (47)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Director
- Edmund Goulding
Casting
- 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
- Stuart Hall — Bentham
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