
Before the United States entered World War I, young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots, joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher, an eager Nebraska kid, a Black boxer already in France, and a New York swell, as they arrive green for training, get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission, and graduate to heroics. Rawlings, the Texan, falls in love with a young woman he meets at a bordello. Keeping their eyes on them are Captain Thenault and Cassidy, the resident ace, who keeps a pet lion. Can the boys measure up?
James FrancoBlaine Rawlings
Mac McDonaldSheriff Detweiller
Tim Pigott-SmithMr. Lowry
Tyler LabineBriggs Lowry
Todd BoyceMr. JensenFilmmakers attempted to use lightweight reproductions of WWI aircraft, but grounded them after an accident.
Eddie Beagle:
[after shooting down a German plane with his hook hand] Beware the hook!
Continuity: Lucienne's chinstrap during her first plane ride.
Written by AJ Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
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