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12/08/1927 Drama, Action, War, Romance 2h 24m
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Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS"

Overview

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

  1. William A. Wellman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Clara Bow

    Mary Preston

  2. Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

    Jack Powell

  3. Richard Arlen

    David Armstrong

  4. Jobyna Ralston

    Sylvia Lewis

  5. El Brendel

    Herman Schwimpf

  6. Richard Tucker

    Air Commander

  7. Gary Cooper

    Cadet White

  8. Gunboat Smith

    The Sergeant

  9. Henry B. Walthall

    Mr. Armstrong

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-18
OK, so the initial story is all a bit of well trammelled soap. "Jack" (Buddy Rogers) and "David" (Richard Arlen) come from different sides of the streets - but they both fall in love with "Sylvia" (Jobyna Ralston). She probably prefers the latter, wealthier man, but plays both along whilst the former's neighbour "Mary" is deeply enamoured with him even if her affections go unreturned. Things change tack rather, though, when the US Army Air Service needs their flying skills during the Great war in France so off they go to face the legendary fighter aces of the Bosch. There's no love lost betwee...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$3,600,000.00

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