Drama

Action

Hell's Angels

The Caddo Company

United States of America

Français

English

Deutsch

Ben Lyon

James Hall

Jean Harlow

John Darrow

Lucien Prival

Frank Clarke

Roy Wilson

Douglas Gilmore

Jane Winton

Evelyn Hall

William B. Davidson

Wyndham Standing

Lena Malena

Marian Marsh

Carl von Haartman

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Stephen Carr

Thomas Carr

J. Granville-Davis

Nora Cecil

Rene Marvelle

Georgette Rhodes

Howard Batt

George Berliner

Bob Blair

Eddie Brownell

Hank Coffin

Ross Cooke

Lawford Davidson

Jack Deery

Lucy Doraine

David Findlay

Curt Furberg

Frank Goddard

Lisa Gora

Douglas Gordon

Owen Gorin

Pat Harmon

Hans Joby

Al Johnson

Morey Johnson

Werner Klingler

Burton Lane

Al Lary

Garland Lincoln

Harry Lipman

Maurice Murphy

Stewart Murphy

Leo Nomis

Ira Reed

Harry Semels

Ernie Smith

Pat Somerset

Joan Standing

Harry Strang

C.F. Sullivan

Gertrude Sutton

Frank Tomick

Roscoe Turner

Wilhelm von Brincken

Tibor von Janny

Al Wilson

Howard Hughes

Joseph Moncure March

Howard Estabrook

Harry Behn

Hugo Riesenfeld

Adolph Tandler

Elmer Dyer

E. Burton Steene

Dewey Wrigley

Harry Zech

Perry Hollingsworth

Sydney Moore

Dave Marks

William J. Scully

Phil Jones

Sterling Campbell

Florence 'Pancho' Barnes

Paul Mantz

Glenn Odekirk

Raymond Earl Pease Sr.

Clement K. Phillips

Jerry Thrall

N. Hopecraft

Earl Metz

Osmond Borradaile

Charles P. Boyle

Jack Breamer

Edward Colman

Henry Cronjager Jr.

Fred R. Eldridge

Jockey Arthur Feindel

Pliny Goodfriend

Jack Greenhalgh

Roy Greiner

Paul Ivano

Paul Kerschner

Donald Biddle Keyes

Roy H. Klaffki

Edward A. Kull

Sam Landers

Ernest Laszlo

Jack MacKenzie

Paul Perry

Herman Schopp

Cliff Shirpser

John Silver

Edward Snyder

William H. Tuers

L. Guy Wilky

Alvin Wyckoff

Edmund Goulding

James Whale

Fred Fleck

Marshall Neilan

Douglass Biggs	

Frank Lawrence

Tony Gaudio

Julian Boone Fleming

Howard Greer

Joseph W. Engel

Carroll Clark

Lodge Cunningham

Harry Perry

CinemaSerf

"Roy" (James Hall) and his brother "Monte" (Ben Lyon) are pretty much joined at the hip with the former frequently having to bail his rather wayward brother out of the stew now and again. He even has to fight a duel for him! Anyway, they both join the Royal Flying Corps just ahead of the Great War and both volunteer for an highly dangerous mission over occupied territory. Meantime, "Roy" is dating the rather fickle but candid "Helen" (Jean Harlow) who is also not averse to a bit of a dalliance with "Monte". The rather rakish brother gradually realises that his brother deserves better, and so - quite possibly when she seeks comfort elsewhere, might he! Their mission looms and pretty soon the boys are being pursued by the ruthless squadron known as "Von Richthofen's Flying Circus" in a race to get back home. As the scale of this conflict grows, it becomes more personal. They find themselves on the opposing side to their student friend "Karl" (John Darrow) who has his own covert task in a zeppelin. Though the acting here isn't the best, what does hit home is the way these characters become faced with a sudden need to grow up, to mature, and to be prepared to make sacrifices. That story itself is not so very original. What does make this really stand out is the standard of aerial photography and the whole aesthetic of this film. The dogfights are astonishing to watch unfold. The camerawork really does immerse the audience in the skills of these young and largely inexperienced pilots flying - quite literally - heavily armoured but flimsy wooden crates with engines. If they were damaged then they had virtually no hope of survival. The film does imbue a sense of the precariousness of the existence of the young men and when it steers clear of the melodrama is, at times, really quite exciting to watch.

Hell's Angels 1930 Re-Release Trailer

Best Movies

Hell's Angels

Cast & Crew

Videos

Cast

Ben Lyon

James Hall

Jean Harlow

John Darrow

Lucien Prival

Frank Clarke

Roy Wilson

Douglas Gilmore

Jane Winton

Evelyn Hall

Box office

More Like This

Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

Promises Written in Water

After Tomorrow

The Rich Are Always with Us

Zoo in Budapest

A Kid

The Good Soldier Švejk

I Dutifully Report