The Dawn Patrol with Errol Flynn: DVD Cover
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The Dawn Patrol Director: Edmund Goulding Cast: Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/27/2007
  • Original Release: 1938
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 15,355

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Warner Night at the Movies 1938 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel, musical shorts The Prisoner of Swing and Romance Road, classic cartoon What Price Porky?, trailers of The Dawn Patrol and 1938's Four's a Crowd; Subtitles: English & Español (feature film only)

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Disc #1 -- The Dawn Patrol
1. Credits [:55]
2. Rotten Job [4:28]
3. Not Blaming Anyone [5:38]
4. No Matter How You Write It [3:45]
5. New Orders [3:07]
6. Imagine [2:55]
7. Replacements [6:33]
8. Toasting Scott [5:46]
9. Toasting the Dead [3:10]
10. Back From the Beyond [4:15]
11. Car and Chauffeur [2:39]
12. Von Richter's Challenge [3:53]
13. Two-Man Raid [5:20]
14. Under Enemy Attack [3:27]
15. New Commander [3:56]
16. Younger Brother [4:04]
17. Every Man Flies [4:29]
18. Noisy, Stupid Fun [3:19]
19. Aloft at Dawn [2:20]
20. You Killed Him [4:06]
21. Suicide Mission [4:41]
22. Toasting the Job [5:18]
23. Enemy Target [6:25]
24. Flyboy Salute [2:37]
25. Gentleman's Keepsakes [2:56]
26. You New Men [1:47]
27. Cast List [:32]

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This 1938 remake of Howard Hawks' 1930 film The Dawn Patrol is faithful to the original's basic plotline. The story is set during World War I; the scene is the French headquarters of the British Royal Flying Corps, 59th division. The corps is suffering heavy losses, a fact that ace pilot Courtney (Errol Flynn) ascribes to the supposed ruthlessness of squadron commander Brand (Basil Rathbone). What the audience knows that Courtney doesn't is that Brand is distraught at losing his men, but is forced by his own superiors to push the pilots beyond their limits. After being accused day after day of being a butcher, Brand takes grim delight in turning over his command to Courtney. Soon Courtney finds himself enduring the "butcher" tag, especially after the younger brother of his best friend Scott (David Niven) is killed. To redeem himself, Courtney gets Scott drunk and takes his place in a suicidal bombing mission. Courtney is killed, Scott assumes command, and the cycle begins again. The extensive use of combat scenes from the original Dawn Patrol has led some viewers to assume that the 1930 version is the superior of the two. In fact, the remake is far better than the original on several counts, not least of which was the star power of Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone in their third screen teaming. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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