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The Dawn Patrol (1930)

“GREATEST AIR EPIC EVER!”

1930 · 1 h 48 min
Directed by Howard Hawks
ActionDramaWar

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides his leader for sending young pilots to their deaths, then takes command himself.

Sinekatalog’s take

Howard Hawks's war drama, with Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., is tough and sad, an early classic of the air war genre.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (2,353 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.