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The Dawn Patrol is an American war film first released in 1938,
directed by Edmund Goulding.
The film stars Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp and Melville Cooper.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edmund Goulding
- Script: Seton I. Miller, Dan Totheroh, John Monk Saunders, Howard Hawks
- Music: Max Steiner
- Cast: Errol Flynn (Captain Courtney), Basil Rathbone (Major Brand), David Niven (Lieutenant Scott), Donald Crisp (Phipps), Melville Cooper (Sergeant Watkins), Barry Fitzgerald (Bott), Carl Esmond (Von Mueller), Peter Willes (Hollister), Morton Lowry (Donnie Scott), Michael Brooke (Captain 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), Burnett Fergrison (Henry Burt), Fred Graham (Running Man on Airfield), Douglas Henderson (Orderly), Ivo Henderson (Soldier), Tim Henning (Orderly), Shep Houghton (Young Recruit), George Kirby (Orderly Kirby), Anthony Marsh (Rutherford), John Meredith (’B’ Flight Replacement), Wally Rairden (Cleaver), Jack Richardson (Mechanic), John Rodion (Lieutenant Russell), Speirs Ruskell (’B’ Flight Replacement), Tom Seidel (Jones), John Sutton (Adjutant), F. Philip Sylvestre (’B’ Flight Replacement), Gordon Thorpe (Smythe), Charles Waldron Jr. (Lieutenant Billings), Gordon Wallace (’B’ Flight Replacement), Norman Willis (Von Richter), Gilbert Wilson (Moorehead)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / German
- Runtime: 103 min; B&W
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