Young Eagles

Young Eagles

Here's Spectacle! Breath-Taking Action in the Clouds! And a Gripping Romance in Glamorous France!

NR 1930 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.

Directed by William A. Wellman · Written by Grover Jones

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Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Lieutenant Robert Banks
Jean Arthur Mary Gordon
Paul Lukas Von Baden
Stuart Erwin Pudge Higgins
Virginia Bruce Florence Welford
Gordon De Main Major Lewis
James Finlayson Scotty
Frank Ross Lieutenant Graham
Jack Luden Lieutenant Barker
Freeman Wood Lieutenant Mason
George Irving Colonel Wilder
Stanley Blystone Captain Deming

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