Wings

Wings

1927 · 144 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.2 (349 votes)
Dir. William A. Wellman · Starring Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker

“Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS"”

DramaActionWarRomance

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

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Experience the dawn of aerial warfare with breathtaking dogfights and soaring romance. This silent epic captures the camaraderie and heartbreak of young pilots facing the Great War, all against the backdrop of passionate, unrequited love.

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