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The Dawn Patrol (24-Dec-1938)

Director: Edmund Goulding

Writers: Seton I. Miller; Dan Totheroh; John Monk Saunders

Music by: Max Steiner

Keywords: Drama, WWI

Stationed in France during WWI, young British fighter pilots let off steam between dangerous missions as their commanding officer, Maj. Brand, slowly cracks under the pressure. Excellent performances particularly from Flynn. Nearly a word-for-word remake of Howard Hawks' The Dawn Patrol (1930), also titled Flight Commander, including some borrowed dogfight scenes.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Melville Cooper
Actor
15-Oct-1896 31-Mar-1973 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Donald Crisp
Actor
27-Jul-1880 25-May-1974 Silent film actor, survived into talkies
Carl Esmond
Actor
14-Jun-1902 4-Dec-2004 Ministry of Fear
Barry Fitzgerald
Actor
10-Mar-1888 14-Jan-1961 Going My Way
Errol Flynn
Actor
20-Jun-1909 14-Oct-1959 Robin Hood
David Niven
Actor
1-Mar-1909 29-Jul-1983 Pencil-moustachioed actor
Basil Rathbone
Actor
13-Jun-1892 21-Jul-1967 Played original Sherlock Holmes

CAST

Errol Flynn   ...   Courtney
with
Basil Rathbone   ...   Maj. Brand
David Niven   ...   Scott
Donald Crisp   ...   Phipps
Melville Cooper   ...   Watkins
Barry Fitzgerald   ...   Bott
Carl Esmond   ...   Von Mueller
Peter Willes   ...   Hollister
Morton Lowry   ...   Donnie
Michael Brooke   ...   Squires
James Burke   ...   Flaherty
Stuart Hall   ...   Bentham
Herbert Evans   ...   Mechanic
Sidney Bracy   ...   Maj. Brand's Orderly
Leo Nomis   ...   Aeronautic Supervisor

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