A sculptor turns flying-corps ace in World War I France to show his fiancee he's not a coward..
Is it worth it? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s aviation dramas that don't quite know if they want to be a romance or a war movie, sure. Give it a spin. If you need your war movies to be grounded in reality or have actual pacing, you’re probably gonna hate this. It’s got that specific kind of stiff-upper-lip me...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
J. Walter Ruben
Charles Horan
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"Is it worth it? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s aviation dramas that don't quite know if they want to be a romance or a war movie, sure. Give it a spin. If you need your war movies to be grounded in reality or have actual pacing, you’re probably gonna hate this. It’s got that specific kind of stiff-upper-lip melodrama that feels like it’s vibrating at a frequency only dogs and historians can hear. Richard Dix is playing the sculptor here, and he looks about as comfortable holding a clay..."
Ralph Bellamy
H.W. Hanemann, John Monk Saunders
United States
