THE DAWN PATROL (1938) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Edmund Goulding
Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone,
Donald Crisp, Barry Fitzgerald, Melville Cooper
Daredevil aviators take on the Germans in rickety biplanes and party like there's no tomorrow once they're back on the ground. Exciting World War One adventure with some pointed observations on the futility of war, remade from a 1930 version that starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Flynn and Niven were cutting a wide swath through Hollywood around the time they made this, and their hard-partying camaraderie may not be entirely an act.
