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Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes French war films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Erotic films,
Films about prostitution,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Erotic thriller filmsActors Tab Hunter,
David Janssen,
Will Hutchins,
Etchika Choureau,
Paul Fix,
Marcel DalioRating55%
Thad Walker (Tab Hunter), a spoiled, rich kid from Boston, who had gotten in serious trouble with the law, fled to France to join the French Foreign Legion in World War I. In Paris, with companions, "Duke" Sinclair (David Janssen), Dave Putnam (Will Hutchins), Tom Hitchcock (Jody McCrea) and Bill Wellman (William Wellman Jr.), the boys stop at a bar and learn of the recent formation of the Lafayette Escadrille made up of American volunteer pilots who fly for France. The group of expatriates join up and learn to fly on training aircraft before becoming combat pilots., 2h19
Directed by William A. Wellman,
Harry d'Abbadie d'ArrastOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Clara Bow,
Buddy Rogers,
Richard Arlen,
Gary Cooper,
Jobyna Ralston,
El BrendelRating74%
Jack Powell and David Armstrong are rivals in the same small American town, both vying for the attentions of pretty Sylvia Lewis. Jack fails to realize that "the girl next door", Mary Preston, is desperately in love with him. The two young men both enlist to become combat pilots in the Air Service. When they leave for training camp, Jack mistakenly believes Sylvia prefers him. She actually prefers David and lets him know about her feelings, but is too kindhearted to turn down Jack's affection., 1h58
Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Political filmsActors Van Johnson,
John Hodiak,
George Murphy,
Ricardo Montalbán,
James Whitmore,
Don TaylorRating73%
In mid-December 1944 Pvt. Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson) and his buddy Pvt. William J. Hooper are fresh replacements assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As a newcomer Layton receives a chilly welcome. PFC Holley (Van Johnson) returns to the company after recuperating from a wound., 1h55
Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political filmsActors John Wayne,
Lauren Bacall,
Paul Fix,
Anita Ekberg,
Mike Mazurki,
James HongRating61%
The ship of Captain Tom Wilder, an American Merchant Mariner, is seized by the Chinese Communists and he is imprisoned by them for two years in the vicinity of Amoy Island. Captain Wilder is helped to escape from prison, dressed as a Soviet officer. The huge Chinese who transports him to Chiku Shan village (Big Han) will not tell him why he has been broken out of prison., 1h20
Directed by William A. Wellman,
Charles BartonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political filmsActors Fay Wray,
Gary Cooper,
Barry Norton,
Lane Chandler,
Francis McDonald,
Freeman WoodRating61%
Four young men from various walks of life sign up as flyers for the Lafayette Escadrille, a military unit known as "The Legion of the Condemned" composed mostly of American volunteer pilots flying fighters in World War I. All four men are running away from something—the law, love, or themselves. Whenever a dangerous mission comes up, the four men draw cards to see who will fly off to near-certain doom. With his best friend Byron Dashwood (Barry Norton) already having died in combat, Gale Price (Gary Cooper) draws the high card next time around. , 1h18
Directed by William A. Wellman,
Phil RosenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Gene Tierney,
Preston Foster,
John Sutton,
Jack Holt,
Reginald Denny,
May WhittyRating60%
Soon after the US enters World War II, Steve Britt (Preston Foster), a former World War I flying ace, arrives at Thunderbird Field, looking for a job as a civilian primary flight instructor. The base commander is an old friend, Lt. Col. "Mac" MacDonald (Jack Holt), working with Squadron Leader Barrett (Reginald Denny, himself a WWI aerial observer), who is in charge of the Royal Air Force cadets at the base., 1h12
Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Spy films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Buddy Rogers,
Jean Arthur,
Paul Lukas,
Stuart Erwin,
Virginia Bruce,
Gordon De MainRating58%
Lieutenant Robert Banks (Buddy Rogers), a young American aviator in the Lafayette Escadrille, on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon (Jean Arthur), a young American living abroad. Their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures von Baden, nicknamed the "Grey Eagle" (Paul Lukas), and takes him to Allied headquarters in Paris, to obtain intelligence on German plans., 1h48
Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WarThemes Films about journalists,
Political filmsActors Burgess Meredith,
Robert Mitchum,
Freddie Steele,
Wally Cassell,
William Murphy,
Dorothy WellmanRating71%
In the Tunisian desert, the untested infantrymen of C Company, 18th Infantry, U.S. Army, board trucks to travel to the front for the first time. Lt. Bill Walker (Robert Mitchum) allows war correspondent Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith), himself a rookie to combat, to hitch a ride with the company. Ernie surprises Walker and the rest of the men by deciding to go with them all the way to the front lines. Just getting to the front through the rain and mud is an arduous task, but the diminutive, forty-two-year-old Ernie manages to keep up., 1h40
Directed by William A. WellmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Wallace Beery,
Tom Drake,
James Gleason,
Jan Clayton,
Selena Royle,
Noah Beery Sr.Rating62%
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) is in charge of a dirigible at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. "Old Gas Bag" brags about his "son" and realizes that he will need someone to impersonate his fictional son. Trumpet finds Jess Weaver (Tom Drake), a young disabled man, arranging for an operation to fix his legs, injured in a riding accident. Afterward, Weaver goes along with the deception and soon earns his Navy wings and commission as an Ensign. While on a submarine patrol mission, his "father" orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine, (orders have been sent to break off the attack, the "father" does not convey the orders) but the youngster's bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, but Weaver faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Young Weaver is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, he gives the DFC ribbon to his "father." Leaving Lakehurst, young Weaver attends pilots training at NAS Pensacola.