Lafayette Escadrille (1958)

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

Albert Sidney Fleischman (writer)
William A. Wellman (story)

Release Date:

marzo 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

American youth and flying ace flys for France in World War I; meets & loves a French girl & prostitute. |

Plot Keywords:

Aviation | WWI

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sadly cliched and uninteresting

Cast

Tab Hunter	...	Thad Walker
Etchika Choureau	...	Renée Beaulieu
Marcel Dalio	...	Drill Sergeant
David Janssen	...	Duke Sinclair
Paul Fix	...	U.S. General
Veola Vonn	...	The Madam
Will Hutchins	...	Dave Putnam
Clint Eastwood	...	George Moseley
Robert Hover	...	Dave Judd (as Bob Hover)
Tom Laughlin	...	Arthur Blumenthal
Brett Halsey	...	Frank Baylies
Henry Nakamura	...	Jimmy
Maurice Marsac	...	Sgt. Parris
Raymond Bailey	...	Amos J. Walker
William Wellman Jr.	...	Bill Wellman Sr.

También conocida como:

C'est la guerre (USA)
Hell Bent for Glory (UK)
With You in My Arms (USA) (alternative title)
Escuadrilla Lafayette, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

93 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Santa Maria, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Director "Wild Bill" Wellman wanted to give the lead part of Thad Walker to a young, new actor named Clint Eastwood, but the studio insisted on the part going to Tab Hunter who did play the lead. Clint Eastwood ended up playing the supporting role of George Moseley.

Quotes:

Jimmy: [repeated line to the American flyers] Good morning, American bum!
Duke Sinclaire: I'm not sure I like being called a "bum"! I've always thought of myself as more of a "tramp".

Movie Connections:

Version of Flyboys (2006)

Sadly cliched and uninteresting

There isn't much here more than a great director's swan song. Tab Hunter's acting is pretty good (!?) but not enough to lift the drab GI-in-love-with-a-French-woman theme. Most of the flying scenes don't match the ones from the director's 30s films. If you're interested in the director's career, don't skip this, you'll enjoy the themes and the depiction of air combat. Also Leonard Rosenman's score is a stand-out. But if you're not a Wellman fan you won't remember this a month after you've seen it. Wellman is one of the great American directors; see everything else and watch for the evidence of his skills that are sadly not to be found here.