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The Lost Squadron is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Archainbaud released in USA on 12 march 1932 with Richard Dix
The Lost Squadron (1932)
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Add to a movie listThe Lost Squadron is a 1932 American Pre-Code action film starring Richard Dix, Mary Astor, and Robert Armstrong, with Erich von Stroheim and Joel McCrea in supporting roles, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is about three World War I pilots who find jobs after the war as Hollywood stunt fliers. The much-later The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) employed a similar theme. The Lost Squadron was the first RKO production to carry the screen credit "Executive Producer, David O. Selznick".
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Captain "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) and his close friend "Red" (Joel McCrea) spend the last hours of World War I in the air, shooting down more of the enemy. They then return to America with fellow pilot and comrade "Woody" Curwood (Robert Armstrong) and their mechanic Fritz (Hugh Herbert) to an uncertain future.Actors
Richard Dix
(Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson)
Mary Astor
(Follette Marsh)
Robert Armstrong
(Lt. 'Woody' Curwood)
Joel McCrea
(Red)
Hugh Herbert
(Sergeant Fritz)
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