"GREATEST AIR EPIC EVER!" 10 July 1930 Drama, Action, War 108 mins
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
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Richard Barthelmess as Dick Courtney
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Douglas 'Doug' Scott
Neil Hamilton as Major Brand
Frank McHugh as Flaherty
Clyde Cook as Bott
James Finlayson as Field Sergeant
Gardner James as Ralph Hollister
William Janney as Gordon 'Donny' Scott
Edmund Breon as Lieutenant Phipps
Jack Ackroyd as Ackroyd (uncredited)
Harry Allen as Allen (uncredited)
Howard Hawks as German Pilot (uncredited)
Jack Jordan as German Soldier (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien as Pilot (uncredited)
Howard Hawks Director
Dan Totheroh Adaptation
Howard Hawks Adaptation
Seton I. Miller Adaptation
Robert North Producer
Rex Dunn Original Music Composer
John Monk Saunders Story
Ernest Haller Director of Photography
Ray Curtiss Editor
Ray Moyer Set Decoration
Jack Okey Art Direction
Vernon Larson Assistant Camera
Leo Nomis Stunt Double
Fred Jackman Special Effects
La Patrouille de l'aube Trailer
Flight Commander Trailer
Australia 14 February 1931
Brazil 17 November 1930
Denmark 13 October 1930
Spain 13 April 1931
Finland 16 April 1933
France 13 February 1931
Hungary 25 March 1931
Ireland 23 November 1930
Japan 01 November 1930
Portugal 09 December 1930
Sweden 24 November 1930
Turkey 31 December 1931
United States 10 July 1930
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18 May 1930
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian.
16 November 1930
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05 March 1930
Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk.
03 May 1930
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian.
13 July 1930
Estrada, the chief government official of the region, has put a price on the head of José Savedra for causing the local people to rebel against his tax collectors.
14 December 1930
A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.
21 September 1930
A successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.
30 November 1930
The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams).
21 December 1930
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop.
14 December 1930
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