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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   1,816 votes
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Director:
Howard Hughes
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Writers:
Harry Behn (writer)
Howard Estabrook (writer)
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Release Date:
15 November 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
Howard Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle more
Plot:
Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Designing for Beautility: Where Beauty Meets Utility
 (From Fast Company. 3 November 2009, 12:00 PM, PST)

Hulk -- What the Hells Angels? It Was a Joke!
 (From TMZ. 26 September 2009, 4:11 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Its time ahead! more (39 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ben Lyon ... Monte Rutledge
James Hall ... Roy Rutledge

Jean Harlow ... Helen (as Jean Harlowe)
John Darrow ... Karl Armstedt
Lucien Prival ... Baron Von Kranz
Frank Clarke ... Lt. von Bruen
Roy Wilson ... Baldy Maloney
Douglas Gilmore ... Capt. Redfield
Jane Winton ... Baroness Von Kranz
Evelyn Hall ... Lady Randolph
William B. Davidson ... Staff Major
Wyndham Standing ... RFC squadron commander
Lena Melana ... Gretchen, waitress (as Lena Malena)
Marian Marsh ... Girl selling kisses (as Marilyn Morgan)
Carl von Haartman ... Zeppelin commander
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Additional Details

Runtime:
127 min | Belgium:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German | French
Color:
Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | Brazil:14 | UK:A (original rating) (heavily cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005) (uncut) | USA:PG (re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Stunt pilots refused to perform an aerial sequence that director Howard Hughes wanted. Hughes, a noted aviator himself, did his own flying. He got the shot, but he also crashed the plane. more
Quotes:
Monte Rutledge: Listen, Roy, never love a woman. Just make love to her. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Artist's Life, Op.316 more

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22 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
Its time ahead!, 7 March 2005
10/10
Author: Robert Grill from Torrance, California

This is a fabulous film, far ahead of its time. The screenplay is outstanding, and all the actors did a marvelous job, and the ones who played Germans as well. There was only one German in a minor role and one Finnish actor, who played a German, all the others were Americans, to my big surprise! I am an Austrian and German is my mother tongue and I would have bet that there were at least half a dozen Germans in this movie! I was also mesmerized by the details of the air battles, which were mostly shot in the air. Jean Harlow was beautiful and gave a persuading performance, not to mention her great looks! I rented this movie, because I heard about it the first time, when I watched "The Aviator" and I have to say that this picture is one of the most entertaining and exciting movies I have seen in a long time and it should be an example how movies should be made as a guideline for modern day Hollywood! It is a perfect example that a great story, action and special effects can live together in a beautiful piece of art without sacrificing anything!

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