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Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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• The Dawn Patrol
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Genre: Drama, World War I
Tagline: They roared through the dawn . . . with death on their wings !
Plot: Basil Rathbone is the major who sends his brave boys to face certain death each morning in this dark, yet jubilant World War I drama. Errol Flynn and David Niven are the hard-drinking aces in the squad who wish they had a few more days to teach the new pilots a few basic moves before they're sent up to face the dreaded Baron Richter. It's tragedy and camaraderie as the boys bond in the face of their own mortality and sing sentiments like "Hurrah for the next who dies" while getting drunk at the local inn. A peculiar respect and admiration develops between the German fliers and these brave Brits, which lends this war film unusual poignancy. If this all sounds an awful lot like a Howard Hawks film, that's because it's essentially a remake of his 1930 version. Perhaps in making this film director Edmund Goulding wanted to get away from his reputation as a director of soapy women's melodramas. If so, he succeeded admirably: there's breathtaking aerial combat scenes, strong performances, clever dialogue, and not a single woman in the cast.
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| Seton I. Miller
The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, Ministry of Fear |
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| Cast |
Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk |
 | David Niven
The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale |
 | Basil Rathbone
The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Court Jester, Captain Blood | Donald Crisp
The Birth of a Nation, How Green Was My Valley, Mutiny on the Bounty | | | Carl Esmond
Sergeant York, The Prisoner of Zenda, Lola Montès | |
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Max Steiner
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Arsenic and Old Lace |
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