Lafayette Escadrille ( Hell Bent for Glory ) ( With You in My Arms )

Lafayette Escadrille (DVD) (*)

$32.99

Original Title: Hell Bent for Glory
Alternate Title: With You in My Arms
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William A. Wellman

Written By:
Albert Sidney Fleischman
William A. Wellman

Actors:
Tab Hunter ..... Thad Walker
Etchika Choureau ..... Renée Beaulieu
Marcel Dalio ..... Drill Sergeant
David Janssen ..... Duke Sinclair
Paul Fix ..... U.S. General
Veola Vonn ..... The Madam
Will Hutchins ..... Dave Putnam
Clint Eastwood ..... George Moseley
Robert Hover ..... Dave Judd (as Bob Hover)
Tom Laughlin ..... Arthur Blumenthal
Brett Halsey ..... Frank Baylies
Henry Nakamura ..... Jimmy
Maurice Marsac ..... Sgt. Parris
Raymond Bailey ..... Amos J. Walker
William Wellman Jr. ..... Bill Wellman Sr.

Synopsis:

Though director William Wellman was attached to the Lafayette Flying Corps during WW1, many people believed that he was actually with the celebrated Lafayette Escadrille, and this 1958 actioner does little to dispel that belief. The film concentrates on a group of courageous young American aviators who, long before the USA's entry into the Great War, band together to fight the minions of the Kaiser in the skies of France. One of these reckless flyboys is Thad Walker (Tab Hunter), who arrives in Paris after being thrown out of his wealthy father's home. Joining the Escadrille with Walker are fellow expatriates Tom Hitchcock (Jody McCrea), Duke Sinclaire (David Janssen) and 'Wild Bill' Wellman (played by the director's son, Bill Wellman Jr.). After a bit of parlez-vous with the local mademoiselles, Walker and his pals take to the air, and at this point, the film really gets off the ground (no pun intended). The spectacular aerial sequences are evocative of those in Wellman's silent classic Wings, though Lafayette Escadrille itself falls a bit short of classic status.

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