Budapest Classic Film Marathon 2024: The Lost Squadron

Director: George Archainbaud

Written by Dick Grace
Screenplay by Wallace Smith
Director of photography: Edward Cronjager, Leo Tover
Music by Max Steiner
Cast: Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong

Programm Section "Film in Film"

Introduction by: Gyula Gazdag, director

Based on the novel The Lost Squadron (1932) by Dick Grace, the film is about three World War I pilots who find jobs after the war as Hollywood stunt fliers. They get well-paying jobs, working for tyrannical director Arthur von Furst. Woody introduces his three comrades-in-arms to his sister, "the Pest". She worries constantly about him: von Furst utilizes dangerously worn-out aircraft and Woody drinks a lot. She persuades all of them to give up stunt flying. They toast to it. However, they soon break their promise…

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