Lafayette Escadrille
Summary:
Though director William Wellman was attached to the Lafayette Flying Corps during WW1, many people believed that he was actually with the celebrated Lafayette Escadrille, and this 1958 actioner does little to dispel that belief. The film concentrates on a group of courageous young American aviators who, long before the USA's entry into the Great War, band together to fight the minions... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Tab Hunter - (Thad Walker)
Etchika Choureau - (Renee Beaulieu)
William Wellman, Jr. - (Bill Wellmann)
Jody McCrea - (Tom Hitchcock)
Dennis Devine - (Red Scanlon)
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Review:
Lafayette Escadrille closed out director William Wellman's career after just over three decades, and almost perfectly bookends his serious career with the 1927 World War I epic Wings (though he had directed a tiny handful of minor pictures before that). And the best parts of Lafayette Escadrille are the aerial sequences, of which there ... Continue >>
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