Lafayette Escadrille (1958)

Directors

William A. Wellman

Cast

Brett Halsey, Clint Eastwood, David Janssen, Etchika Choureau, James Garner, James Stacy, Jody McCrea, Louis J. Gasnier, Louis Mercier, Marcel Dalio, Maurice Marsac, Paul Fix, Raymond Bailey, Tab Hunter, Tom Laughlin, Tom Watson, Will Hutchins, William A. Wellman

The story

Thad Walker, 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, Dave Putnam, Tom Hitchcock and Bill Wellman, 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.

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