Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
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- Approved
- 1h 33min
- Drama, Romance
- 28 Feb 1958 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast
Tab Hunter | ... |
Thad Walker
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Etchika Choureau | ... |
Renée Beaulieu
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Marcel Dalio | ... |
Drill Sergeant
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David Janssen | ... |
Duke Sinclair
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Paul Fix | ... |
U.S. General
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Veola Vonn | ... |
The Madam
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Will Hutchins | ... |
Dave Putnam
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Clint Eastwood | ... |
George Moseley
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Robert Hover | ... |
Dave Judd
(as Bob Hover)
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Tom Laughlin | ... |
Arthur Blumenthal
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Brett Halsey | ... |
Frank Baylies
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Henry Nakamura | ... |
Jimmy
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Maurice Marsac | ... |
Sgt. Parris
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Raymond Bailey | ... |
Amos J. Walker
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William Wellman Jr. | ... |
Bill Wellman Sr.
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Jody McCrea | ... |
Tom Hitchcock
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Denny Devine | ... |
Lawrence 'Red' Scanlon
(as Dennis Devine)
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Ralph Guldahl | ... |
Dudley Tucker
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Sam Boghosian | ... |
Booth
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Phil Adams | ... |
Landram Ovington (uncredited)
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John Barton | ... |
Peg Leg (uncredited)
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Robert Berry | ... |
Alan Winslow (uncredited)
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Ron Burke | ... |
Herman Whitmore (uncredited)
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Peter Camlin | ... |
Jailer (uncredited)
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Jack Chefe | ... |
French Officer / Baseball Spectator (uncredited)
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Warren Coley | ... |
Rankin Drew (uncredited)
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Marcel De la Brosse | ... |
Interpreter (uncredited)
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Norman Dupont | ... |
Guynemer (uncredited)
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Andre K. Duval | ... |
French Officer (uncredited)
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Maurice Elias | ... |
Alan Nichols (uncredited)
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Christian Essay | ... |
Frenchman (uncredited)
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Sterling Franck | ... |
Charlie (uncredited)
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Jacques Gallo | ... |
Gendarme (uncredited)
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Louis J. Gasnier | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Craig Hill | ... |
Lufbery (uncredited)
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Bob Hoy | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Les Johnson | ... |
Jim Connelly (uncredited)
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John Macchia | ... |
Kinsolving (uncredited)
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Edward Manouk | ... |
French Drill Sergeant (uncredited)
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Bart Mattson | ... |
George Dock (uncredited)
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Louis Mercier | ... |
Captain Honore (uncredited)
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Maurice Millard | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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George Nardelli | ... |
Concierge (uncredited)
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Norman Papson | ... |
Thomas Buffum (uncredited)
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Francis Ravel | ... |
French Gate Guard (uncredited)
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Dick Rich | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Buck Roberts | ... |
Stewart Edgar (uncredited)
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Ray Smith | ... |
Cy Chamberlain (uncredited)
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James Stacy | ... |
Alan Nichols (uncredited)
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Lomax Study | ... |
French Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
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Gus Thaxter | ... |
Crehore (uncredited)
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Roger Til | ... |
Capitaine (uncredited)
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Mme. Wagner-Colombet | ... |
Old Hag (uncredited)
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Tom Watson | ... |
Chuck Kerwood (uncredited)
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William A. Wellman | ... |
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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James Westmoreland | ... |
Wally Winter (uncredited)
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Directed by
William A. Wellman |
Written by
Albert Sidney Fleischman | ... | (screen play) |
William A. Wellman | ... | (from a story by) |
Produced by
William A. Wellman | ... | producer |
Music by
Leonard Rosenman |
Cinematography by
William H. Clothier | ... | director of photography (as William Clothier) |
Editing by
Owen Marks |
Production Design by
Donald A. Peters |
Art Direction by
John Beckman |
Set Decoration by
Ralph S. Hurst | ... | (as Ralph Hurst) |
Costume Design by
Marjorie Best |
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau | ... | makeup artist |
Jean Burt Reilly | ... | hairdresser (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Vieira | ... | second unit director |
William Kissell | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Gil Mandelik | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Robey Cooper | ... | assistant props (uncredited) |
Matthew McCullen | ... | assistant props (uncredited) |
Scotty Moore | ... | prop master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
John K. Kean | ... | sound (as John Kean) |
Russell Ashley | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Samuel F. Goode | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
William Griffith | ... | radio man (uncredited) |
Barry Thomas | ... | cable person (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Sass Bedig | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Ralph Webb | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
Fred Stromsoe | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Eddie Leon Albert | ... | assistant camera: aerial unit (uncredited) |
Wesley Anderson | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
William T. Cline | ... | second camera operator: aerial unit (uncredited) |
Richard Doran | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Robert R. Farmer | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Elmer Faubion | ... | first assistant camera (uncredited) |
Ray Fernstrom | ... | first camera operator: aerial unit (uncredited) |
George Gordon Nogle | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Ralph Owen | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Jack Woods | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henry Fields | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
James Gilmore | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Ann Landers | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Leon Roberts | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Location Management
Joe Barry | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Maurice De Packh | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Howard Hohler | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Joe DeAngelo | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Paul Franklin | ... | pilot (uncredited) |
Harry B. Friedman | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
John Indrisano | ... | trainer: fight sequence (uncredited) |
Mike Morelli | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Fred Stromsoe | ... | stand-in: Tab Hunter (uncredited) |
Frank Tallman | ... | aviation technical director (uncredited) |
Bob Taylor | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
James D. White | ... | pilot (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1958) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1958) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1958) (India) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1958) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. Film (1959) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- CBS (1972) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Archive Collection (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Thad Walker (Tab Hunter) is a young man from a good Boston family, but he's spoiled, rebellious, and always at odds with his strict father. When Thad gets into trouble with the law one time too many, his father strikes him. Thad leaves his home and joins up with other American volunteers heading for the front lines of World War I. Since the U.S. is not at war yet, Thad joins the French Legion. The American volunteers in the French Legion are trained as fighter pilots for the Lafayette Escadrille. During his training, Thad proves he's a skilled flyer, but his temperament prevents him from taking orders and being obedient. When he strikes a French drill officer, Thad faces the prospect of a court-martial and a minimum sentence of ten years in prison. Discouraged, he deserts and runs away to Paris, where he first fell in love with a pretty French girl named Renée Beaulieu (Etchika Choureau). They live together in her small hotel room and eventually get unofficially married. But the French Police are looking for deserters and Thad feels like a prisoner inside the hotel, afraid to go out in public where he could be seen by policemen. Meantime, his American pals from Lafayette Escadrille finish their pilot training and get their wings. Thad tries to get a job in Paris, working as a bodyguard and driver for the girls of a local Madam. When America finally enters the war, many American officers arrive in Paris. This is how Thad meets a U.S. General (Paul Fix) in a Paris cab. He decides to plead with the American General to allow Thad to serve in the newly formed United States Army Air Service, despite the fact that Thad is technically a deserter from the French Legion. Moved by Thad's plea, the General pulls strings to have Thad recruited into the Air Service. Thad finishes his fighter pilot training, gets his wings, and is sent to fierce frontline combat against German fighters. In Paris, his French wife wonders if she'll ever see him alive again. Written by nufs68 |
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Taglines | The young rebel who didn't fit and didn't try...a kid who couldn't wait for his war! See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | According to Tab Hunter in his memoirs, "Tab Hunter Confidential", William A. Wellman was furious because, on the set, Warner Brothers replaced a coffee man, who gave coffee to the crew, with an automatic machine where everyone had to pay, so Wellman grabbed the machine, threw it on the floor and brought it brutally to the street. The coffee man came back. See more » |
Goofs | Aviators in World War I generally didn't wear the high-collar tunics like the one worn by Thad. This is because they needed to be able to turn their heads while flying. Rather, they wore a uniform coat that required a shirt and tie. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Tab Hunter Confidential (2015). See more » |
Crazy Credits | And Introducing Bill Wellman, Jr. Jody McCrea Dennis Devine See more » |
Quotes |
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Narrator: A half-forgotten corner of France in a wholly-forgotten war. In memory of the heroes of the Lafayette Escadrille, who died in defense of life and of liberty. This monument, this patch of foreign sky, belongs to a handful of Americans who flew for France and died for France in the First World War. They came with an air of adventure or a sense of impatience in the days before America entered the war. The wore French uniforms, they fought in French planes, and they fell in love with French women. These weren't just names in 1917; they were headlines. But this story is about a man whose name isn't carved in stone with the other young men of that old war. He ran away to war for reasons of his own. His name is Thad Walker. See more » |