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.
Cast
Errol Flynn
Capt. Courtney
Basil Rathbone
Maj. Brand
David Niven
Lt. Scott
Donald Crisp
Phipps
Melville Cooper
Sgt. Watkins
Barry Fitzgerald
Bott
Carl Esmond
Hauptmann Von Mueller
Peter Willes
Hollister
Morton Lowry
Donnie Scott
Michael Brooke
Capt. Squires
James Burke
Flaherty - Motorcycle Driver
Stuart Hall
Bentham
Herbert Evans
Scott's Mechanic
Sidney Bracey
Major Brand's Orderly
Leo Nomis
Aeronautic Supervisor
Hal Brazeale
Gregory
Tyrone Brereton
Orderly
Richard Deane
'B' Flight Replacement
Fred Graham
Running Man on Airfield
Ivo Henderson
Soldier
Tim Henning
Orderly
Shep Houghton
Young Recruit
George Kirby
Kirby - Orderly
Anthony Marsh
Rutherford
John Meredith
'B' Flight Replacement
Wally Rairden
Cleaver
John J. Richardson
Mechanic
John Rodion
Lt. Russell
Speirs Ruskell
'B' Flight Replacement
Tom Seidel
Jones
John Sutton
Adjutant
F. Philip Sylvestre
'B' Flight Replacement
Gordon Thorpe
Smythe
Charles Waldron Jr.
Lt. Billings
Gordon Wallace
'B' Flight Replacement
Norman Willis
Von Richter
Gilbert Wilson
Moorehead
Crew
Edmund Goulding
Director
Seton I. Miller
Screenplay
Dan Totheroh
Screenplay
John Monk Saunders
Story
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
Oren Haglund
Second Assistant Director
Frank Heath
Assistant Director
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Robert Lord
Associate Producer
Bill Phillips
Makeup Artist
C.A. Riggs
Sound
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Robert Ross
Unit Manager
John Hughes
Art Direction
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
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