The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1938 · 103 min · EN · NR · 6.8 (35 votes)
Dir. Edmund Goulding · Starring Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Barry Fitzgerald · Music Max Steiner

They roared through the dawn... with death on their wings!

ActionDramaWar

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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A stiff-upper-lip wartime drama. Experience the grim realities and quiet heroism of early aerial combat, where duty and sacrifice are paramount. It’s a stoic, melancholic look at young men facing impossible odds with unwavering resolve.

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