The Dawn Patrol

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Dawn Patrol, 1938.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Dawn Patrol, 1938.

Commander Brand (Basil Rathbone) interrupts his Royal Flying Corps unit, who party constantly to cope with stress, with chilling orders, top pilot Courtney (Errol Flynn) first defiant, then happy again with best pal Scotty (David Niven), in the 1938 version of the WWI drama, The Dawn Patrol.

France, 1915, after dogfight footage we meet Basil Rathbone, conflicted commander of a Royal Flying Corps unit, Donald Crisp his aide, then the first and second leads, fliers Errol Flynn and David Niven, opening Warner Bros.' 1938 version of the John Monk Saunders story, The Dawn Patrol.

A flight commander in France almost cracks under the pressure of sending men to their deaths in The Dawn Patrol (1938) starring Errol Flynn.