Before the United States entered World War I, young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots, joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher, an eager Nebraska kid, a Black boxer already in France, and a New York swell, as they arrive green for training, get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission, and graduate to heroics. Rawlings, the Texan, falls in love with a young woman he meets at a bordello. Keeping their eyes on them are Captain Thenault and Cassidy, the resident ace, who keeps a pet lion. Can the boys measure up?
Release Date: 22 September 2006Runtime: 140 min
Stars:
- Abdul Salis
- Augustin Legrand
- David Ellison
- Gail Downey
- James Franco
- Jean Reno
- Jean-Philippe Écoffey
- Karen Ford
- Mac McDonald
- Philip Winchester
- Ruth Bradley
- Scott Hazell
- Tim Pigott-Smith
- Todd Boyce
- Tyler Labine
Director: Tony Bill
