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66% Critic Match
Hell's Angels
“Howard Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle”
6.6 / 10• 1930• 2h 11m•NR• English
DramaWarAction
Storyline
As the Great War breaks out in Europe, English brothers Roy and Monte enlist in the Royal Flying Corps to fight for king and country, while their Oxford College friend Karl is ordered back to Germany. As a love triangle develops involving Monte, Roy, and Roy's girlfriend, Helen, the brothers' disparate personalities, and Monte's cowardice in the face of war soon threaten to compromise a top-secret bombing mission over German territory.
Cast & Crew
Ben Lyon
Monte Rutledge
Lead
James Hall
Roy Rutledge
Jean Harlow
Helen
John Darrow
Karl Armstedt
Lucien Prival
Baron Von Kranz
Frank Clarke
Lt. von Bruen
RW
Roy Wilson
Baldy Maloney
Douglas Gilmore
Capt. Redfield
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Hughes's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hell's Angels is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
