Wings
282 reviews
Drama/Action
2h 24m
1927
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....
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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.
- DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
- Release12 August 1927
- Genre
- Duration2h 24m
- Budget$2,000,000
- Revenue$3,600,000
- Rate282 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Cast

Clara Bow
Mary Preston

Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Jack Powell

Richard Arlen
David Armstrong

Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis

El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf

Richard Tucker
Air Commander

Gary Cooper
Cadet White

Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant

Roscoe Karns
Lieutenant Cameron

Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Armstrong

Henry B. Walthall
Mr. Armstrong

Arlette Marchal
Celeste

Nigel De Brulier
Peasant (uncredited)

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)

George Irving
Mr. Powell (uncredited)

William A. Wellman
Doughboy (uncredited)

Charles Barton
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

Thomas Carr
Aviator (uncredited)

Thomas Carrigan
Undetermined role (uncredited)

Andy Clark
Undetermined role (uncredited)

Robert Livingston
Recruit in Examination Office (uncredited)

James Pierce
Army MP (uncredited)

Evelyn Selbie
Dressing Room Attendant (uncredited)

Carl von Haartman
German Officer (uncredited)

Zalla Zarana
Undetermined role (uncredited)
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