The Dawn Patrol

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.

• Dan TotherohScreenplay
• Edmund GouldingDirector
• Seton I. MillerScreenplay
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer

• Errol FlynnCapt. Courtney
• Basil RathboneMaj. Brand
• David NivenLt. Scott
• Donald CrispPhipps
• Melville CooperSgt. Watkins
• Barry FitzgeraldBott
• Carl EsmondHauptmann Von Mueller
• Peter WillesHollister
• Morton LowryDonnie Scott
• Michael BrookeCapt. Squires
• James BurkeFlaherty - Motorcycle Driver
• Stuart HallBentham