| Release Date: | May 1930 |
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| Genres: | Drama / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Runtime: | 127 min |
| Cast: | Ben Lyon (Monte Rutledge), James Hall (Roy Rutledge) Jean Harlow (Helen) John Darrow (Karl Armstedt) Lucien Prival (Baron Von Kranz) Frank Clarke (Lt. von Bruen) Roy Wilson (Baldy Maloney) Douglas Gilmore (Capt. Redfield) Jane Winton (Baroness Von Kranz) Evelyn Hall (Lady Randolph) William B. Davidson (Staff Major) Wyndham Standing (RFC squadron commander) Lena Melana (Gretchen, waitress (as Lena Malena)) Marian Marsh (Girl selling kisses (as Marilyn Morgan)) Carl von Haartman (Zeppelin commander) Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (First Officer of zeppelin (as F....) Stephen Carr (Elliott) Thomas Carr (Pilot) J. Granville-Davis (Pilot) Hans Joby (Von Schlieben) Pat Somerset (Marryat) Wilhelm von Brincken (Von Richter) George Berliner (Bit Role (uncredited)) Bob Blair (Bit Role (uncredited)) Eddie Brownell (Bit Role (uncredited)) Hank Coffin (Pilot (uncredited)) Ross Cooke (Pilot (uncredited)) Lawford Davidson (British Officer shot by Firing Squad...) Jack Deery (Splashed officer (uncredited)) Lucy Doraine (Bit Role (uncredited)) Curt Furburg (Bit Role (uncredited)) Frank Goddard (Bit Role (uncredited)) Lisa Gora (Bit Role (uncredited)) Douglas Gordon (Bit Role (uncredited)) Owen Gorin (Bit Role (uncredited)) Pat Harmon (Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)) Al Johnson (Pilot (uncredited)) Werner Klingler (Bit Role (uncredited)) Burton Lane (Bit Role (uncredited)) Garland Lincoln (Bit Role (uncredited)) Rene Marvelle (Bit Role (uncredited)) Maurice Murphy (Pilot (uncredited)) Stewart Murphy (Pilot (uncredited)) Leo Nomis (Pilot (uncredited)) Ira Reed (Pilot (uncredited)) Georgette Rhodes (Bit Role (uncredited)) Harry Semels (Anarchist (uncredited)) Ernie Smith (Bit Role (uncredited)) Joan Standing (Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)) Harry Strang (Bit Role (uncredited)) C.F. Sullivan (Pilot (uncredited)) Gertrude Sutton (Canteen worker (uncredited)) Frank Tomick (Pilot (uncredited)) Roscoe Turner (Pilot (uncredited)) Al Wilson (Pilot (uncredited)) |
Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities. Monte is a freewheeling womanizer, even with his brother's girlfriend Helen. He also proves to have a yellow streak when it comes to his Night Patrol duties. Roy is made of strong moral fiber and attempts to keep his brother in line. Both volunteer for an extremely risky two man bombing mission for different reasons. Monte wants to lose his cowardly reputation and Roy seeks to protect his brother. Their assignment to knock out a strategic German munitions facility is a booming success, but with a squadron of fighters bearing down on them afterwards, escape seems unlikely.
