Dawn patrol (DVD) / a First National and Vitaphone picture ; directed by Howard Hawks ; adaptation and dialogue by Dan Totheroh, Howard Hawks, Seton Miller.
Title from container. From the story "The flight commander" by John Monk Saunders. Originally released as a motion picture in 1930. Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Neil Hamilton.
Summary:
Tormented over his sending eager young recruits to their deaths, Major Brand is heavily criticized by his ace pilots, Dick Courtney and Douglas Scott. But when the major is promoted and Courtney assumes command, he finds himself in the same situation as his predecessor when he dispatches Scott's inexperienced brother on an ill-fated mission, a sacrifice of war for which he must soon make amends. This film is the "talkie" debut for director Howard Hawks.
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