The Dawn Patrol (1930)

movie

(2031)

Country: USA
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Release: 1930-08-20
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: John Monk Saunders , Dan Totheroh , Howard Hawks , Seton I. Miller
Language: English | German | French
Stars: Richard Barthelmess , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Neil Hamilton , Frank McHugh (I) (1898–1981) , Clyde Cook , James Finlayson , Gardner James , William Janney , Edmund Breon , Jack Ackroyd
Runtime: 108 min
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 1 win total
AKA: Flight Commander (United States of America) , The Dawn Patrol (United States of America) , Утренний патруль , Patrouille im Morgengrauen (Germany) , A Patrulha da Madrugada (Brazil) , The Dawn Patrol (Canada) , La patrouille de l'aube (France, French Republic) , Aeromahiai tou dytikou metopou, Ai (Greece) , The Dawn Patrol , La squadriglia dell'aurora (Italy) , Hajnali őrjárat (Hungary) , Akatoki no teisatsu (Japan) , Gashte Sepide Dam (Iran) , 暁の偵察 (Japan) , El escuadrón de la muerte (Mexico) , La escuadrilla del amanecer (Spain) , A Patrulha da Alvorada (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Patrol bohaterów (Poland) , Şafak Kesif Kolu (Turkey) , The Dawn Patrol (United Kingdom) , Nattens patrulje (Denmark) , Luftparaden (Norway) , Öinen eskaaderi (Finland) , Nattens eskader (Sweden)
Plot: During the First World War, British combat pilot Dick Courtney mocks his commanding officer Major Brand for being too cautious, unaware that Brand is tormented by the requirement of his command that he send young men to their likely deaths in substandard aircraft and with insufficient training. When Brand is transferred, Courtney becomes the commanding officer and quickly realizes the burden Brand labored under. When Courtney's best friend, Douglas Scott, asks him to spare his newly arrived and inexperienced brother Gordon Scott from combat duty, Courtney cannot justify doing so. A rift grows between the friends as Courtney realizes the tragic demands of his job.
IMDB:tt0020815