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The Lost Squadron

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After World War I, Army flying ace "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) follows his actress girlfriend (Mary Astor) to Hollywood, Calif., even though she's spurned him for the despotic Prussian film director Arthur von Furst (Erich von Stroheim). Gibby and his friends, Woody (Robert Armstrong) and Red (Joel McCrea), begin working as stunt pilots for von Furst, but the filmmaker's quest for realistic war footage leads them into life-or-death situations -- and soon, the jealous director goes too far.

Critics Reviews

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Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
It is not without authority, even though the dramatics are a bit strained. Go to Full Review Geoff Andrew Time Out 11/04/2006
With a cynically acidic script by Herman J Mankiewicz, among others, this early talkie is one of the most enjoyably scabrous examples of Hollywood on Hollywood. Go to Full Review Mordaunt Hall New York Times 11/04/2006
It is an excellent melodrama, ably directed, with a background familiar to producers -- for it is chiefly concerned with stunt flying before the cameras in Hollywood and a film director is the evil genius. Go to Full Review Don Q. Cine-Mundial 04/06/2020
The film had to come out entertaining. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review TV Guide 09/29/2014
3/4
Bizarre but absorbing. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/04/2005
B
Penned in a delightfully nasty cynical way by Herman Mankiewicz. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 05/05/2023 Ok flight film with little for its actors to do. See more Russ G @RT78760655 12/16/2022 Eric von Stroheim was often cast in the role of an imperious film director, and here he is filling in for Howard Hawks on the set of a rip-off of Dawn Patrol. Much of the story arc is predictable from the broken airplanes to the broken hearts, but Depression-era audiences must have eaten this B-movie fare up. OK for modern audiences looking to see Mary Astor in something other than The Maltese Falcon. See more 01/10/2016 another good pre-code airplane picture See more 09/22/2013 This is a decent early 30's flying drama with the backdrop of the film studios' employing out of work war pilots. It's only the flying scenes that really give it any edge as it's fairly dull tug-of-war relationship stories when their on the ground. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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George Archainbaud

Director

Richard Dix

Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

Mary Astor

Follette Marsh

Erich von Stroheim

Arthur von Furst

Robert Armstrong

Lt. "Woody" Curwood

Dorothy Jordan

"Pest" Curwood

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Synopsis After World War I, Army flying ace "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) follows his actress girlfriend (Mary Astor) to Hollywood, Calif., even though she's spurned him for the despotic Prussian film director Arthur von Furst (Erich von Stroheim). Gibby and his friends, Woody (Robert Armstrong) and Red (Joel McCrea), begin working as stunt pilots for von Furst, but the filmmaker's quest for realistic war footage leads them into life-or-death situations -- and soon, the jealous director goes too far.
Director
George Archainbaud
Producer
Louis Sarecky
Screenwriter
Dick Grace, Wallace Smith, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Robert Presnell Sr., Humphrey Pearson
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 1932, Wide
Runtime
1h 19m
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