
The Dawn Patrol
They roared through the dawn... with death on their wings!
1938 en 103 minutes
Rating: 6.8
Plot
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.
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Cast

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

Herbert Evans
Scott's Mechanic

Sidney Bracey
Major Brand's Orderly

Leo Nomis
Aeronautic Supervisor

Hal Brazeale
Gregory

Tyrone Brereton
Orderly

Richard Deane
'B' Flight Replacement

Fred Graham
Running Man on Airfield

Ivo Henderson
Soldier

Tim Henning
Orderly

Shep Houghton
Young Recruit

George Kirby
Kirby - Orderly

Anthony Marsh
Rutherford

John Meredith
'B' Flight Replacement

Wally Rairden
Cleaver

John J. Richardson
Mechanic

John Rodion
Lt. Russell

Speirs Ruskell
'B' Flight Replacement

Tom Seidel
Jones

John Sutton
Adjutant

F. Philip Sylvestre
'B' Flight Replacement

Gordon Thorpe
Smythe

Charles Waldron Jr.
Lt. Billings

Gordon Wallace
'B' Flight Replacement

Norman Willis
Von Richter

Gilbert Wilson
Moorehead