The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

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

  • Genre: Action, Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1938-12-24
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 37 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 43min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edmund Goulding
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From 37 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Errol Flynn

    as Capt. Courtney

  • Basil Rathbone

    as Maj. Brand

  • David Niven

    as Lt. Scott

  • Donald Crisp

    as Phipps

  • Melville Cooper

    as Sgt. Watkins

  • Barry Fitzgerald

    as Bott

  • Carl Esmond

    as Hauptmann Von Mueller

  • Peter Willes

    as Hollister

  • Morton Lowry

    as Donnie Scott

  • Michael Brooke

    as Capt. Squires

  • James Burke

    as Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver

  • Stuart Hall

    as Bentham

  • Herbert Evans

    as Scott's Mechanic

  • Sidney Bracey

    as Major Brand's Orderly

  • Leo Nomis

    as Aeronautic Supervisor

  • Hal Brazeale

    as Gregory

  • Tyrone Brereton

    as Orderly

  • Richard Deane

    as 'B' Flight Replacement

  • Fred Graham

    as Running Man on Airfield

  • Ivo Henderson

    as Soldier

  • Tim Henning

    as Orderly

  • Shep Houghton

    as Young Recruit

  • George Kirby

    as Kirby - Orderly

  • Anthony Marsh

    as Rutherford

  • John Meredith

    as 'B' Flight Replacement

  • Wally Rairden

    as Cleaver

  • John J. Richardson

    as Mechanic

  • John Rodion

    as Lt. Russell

  • Speirs Ruskell

    as 'B' Flight Replacement

  • Tom Seidel

    as Jones

  • John Sutton

    as Adjutant

  • F. Philip Sylvestre

    as 'B' Flight Replacement

  • Gordon Thorpe

    as Smythe

  • Charles Waldron Jr.

    as Lt. Billings

  • Gordon Wallace

    as 'B' Flight Replacement

  • Norman Willis

    as Von Richter

  • Gilbert Wilson

    as Moorehead
Directing Edmund Goulding Director
Writing Seton I. Miller Screenplay
Writing Dan Totheroh Screenplay
Writing John Monk Saunders Story
Production Robert Lord Associate Producer
Production Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Production Jack L. Warner Executive Producer
Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Camera Tony Gaudio Director of Photography
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Art John Hughes Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Bill Phillips Makeup Artist
Production Robert Ross Unit Manager
Directing Frank Heath Assistant Director
Sound C.A. Riggs Sound
Crew Edwin B. DuPar Special Effects
Sound Leo F. Forbstein Music Director
Sound Hugo Friedhofer Orchestrator
Directing Oren Haglund Second Assistant Director

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