UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15639971
Format:
1 DVD-Video (103 Min. + Bonus) : s/w
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DD/Mono
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Standard Version
ISBN:
141984749X
Content:
A superbly-cast remake of Hawks's 1930 picture of the same name, THE DAWN PATROL concerns a dashing, conscience-haunted flight commander, Capt. Courtney (Errol Flynn), of the 59th Squadron in France during WWI. He and his men fly the most dangerous aircraft--a source of Courtney's anger which he attempts to cover with banter and cynical humor--creating unsafe odds for the fliers and contributing to their untimely deaths. The fatalities mount so drastically that raw recruits with little flying experience are sent into the skies to battle without much chance of survival. Between the daily dawn patrols that decimate the command, the fliers face death with stiff upper lips and scotch and sodas at the club bar, where a battered gramophone continually grinds out the plaintive "Poor Butterfly." ... (TV Guide)
Note:
Ländercode: 1
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Orig.: USA, 1938
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Engl., span. Untertitel
Language:
English
Author information:
Rathbone, Basil
Author information:
Flynn, Errol
Author information:
Goulding, Edmund
Author information:
Steiner, Max
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