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Lafayette Escadrille ()

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  • Genres: , ,
  • Release: 1958-02-28
  • Director: William A. Wellman
  • Writers: Albert Sidney Fleischman , William A. Wellman
  • Language: English | French
  • Stars: Tab Hunter , Clint Eastwood , Etchika Choureau , Marcel Dalio , David Janssen , Paul Fix , Veola Vonn , Will Hutchins , Robert Hover , Tom Laughlin
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Awards: N/A
  • AKA: La squadriglia Lafayette (Italy) , Эскадрилья «Лафайет» , La escuadrilla Lafayette (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Lafayette Escadrille , Escadrila Lafayette (Romania) , Contigo nos Meus Braços (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Hell Bent for Glory (United Kingdom) , With You in My Arms (United States of America) , 壮烈! 外人部隊 (Japan) , William Wellman's Lafayette Escadrille (United States of America) , Lutando Só Pela Glória (Brazil) , C'est la guerre (France, French Republic) , To sminos thyella (Greece) , Hell Bent for Glory (South Africa) , C'est la guerre (United States of America) , La escuadrilla Lafayette (Spain) , Lafayetten laivue (Finland) , Lafayette Escadrille (United States of America) , Flygeskadern Lafayette (Sweden) , Ескадрилья Лафайєт (Ukraine) , Lafayette Escadrille (Canada)
  • Plot: Thad Walker (Tab Hunter) is a young man from a good Boston family, but he's spoiled, rebellious, and always at odds with his strict father. When Thad gets into trouble with the law one time too many, his father strikes him. Thad leaves his home and joins up with other American volunteers heading for the front lines of World War I. Since the U.S. is not at war yet, Thad joins the French Legion. The American volunteers in the French Legion are trained as fighter pilots for the Lafayette Escadrille. During his training, Thad proves he's a skilled flyer, but his temperament prevents him from taking orders and being obedient. When he strikes a French drill officer, Thad faces the prospect of a court-martial and a minimum sentence of ten years in prison. Discouraged, he deserts and runs away to Paris, where he first fell in love with a pretty French girl named Renée Beaulieu (Etchika Choureau). They live together in her small hotel room and eventually get unofficially married. But the French Police are looking for deserters and Thad feels like a prisoner inside the hotel, afraid to go out in public where he could be seen by policemen. Meantime, his American pals from Lafayette Escadrille finish their pilot training and get their wings. Thad tries to get a job in Paris, working as a bodyguard and driver for the girls of a local Madam. When America finally enters the war, many American officers arrive in Paris. This is how Thad meets a U.S. General (Paul Fix) in a Paris cab. He decides to plead with the American General to allow Thad to serve in the newly formed United States Army Air Service, despite the fact that Thad is technically a deserter from the French Legion. Moved by Thad's plea, the General pulls strings to have Thad recruited into the Air Service. Thad finishes his fighter pilot training, gets his wings, and is sent to fierce frontline combat against German fighters. In Paris, his French wife wonders if she'll ever see him alive again.
  • IMDB:tt0051840
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William A. Wellman
William A. Wellman
Director
Tab Hunter
Thad Walker
Etchika Choureau
Renee Beaulieu
Marcel Dalio
Drill Sergeant
David Janssen
Duke Sinclair
Paul Fix
U.S. General
Veola Vonn
The Madam
Will Hutchins
Dave Putnam
Clint Eastwood
George Moseley
Robert Hover
Dave Judd (as Bob Hover)
Tom Laughlin
Arthur Blumenthal
Brett Halsey
Frank Baylies
Henry Nakamura
Jimmy
Maurice Marsac
Sgt. Parris
Raymond Bailey
Amos J. Walker
William Wellman Jr.
Bill Wellman Sr.
Jody McCrea
Tom Hitchcock
Phil Adams
Landram Ovington (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Captain Honore (uncredited)
Dick Rich
Policeman (uncredited)

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