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Lafayette Escadrille

Lafayette Escadrille

  • Status: Released
  • 28-02-1958
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Score: 4.6
  • Vote count: 15

A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.

Tab Hunter

Thad Walker

Etchika Choureau

Renee Beaulieu

Marcel Dalio

Drill Sergeant

David Janssen

Duke Sinclair

Paul Fix

U.S. General

Veola Vonn

The Madam

Will Hutchins

Dave Putnam

Clint Eastwood

George Moseley

Robert Hover

Dave Judd (as Bob Hover)

Tom Laughlin

Arthur Blumenthal

Brett Halsey

Frank Baylies

Henry Nakamura

Jimmy

Maurice Marsac

Sgt. Parris

Raymond Bailey

Amos J. Walker

William Wellman Jr.

Bill Wellman Sr.

Jody McCrea

Tom Hitchcock

Denny Devine

Lawrence 'Red' Scanion (as Dennis Devine)

Phil Adams

Landram Ovington (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Captain Honore (uncredited)

Dick Rich

Policeman (uncredited)

Lomax Study

French Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Marcel De La Brosse

Interpreter (uncredited)

James Westmoreland

Wally Winter (uncredited)

r96sk

Not one that'll live long in the memory. <em>'Lafayette Escadrille'</em> is mildly watchable but I can't really recall anything that occurred across the 90 minutes or so. The potential-filled story isn't all that interestingly portrayed and the acting is, while nothing bad, just very plain, pardon the pun, as no-one stands out. This is one of Clint Eastwood's early credited roles, though he may as well have been uncredited to be honest - very much seen more than he is heard, though <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille_(film)#:~:text=In%20casting%2C%20Wellman%20wanted%20Paul%20Newman%20and%20Clint%20Eastwood%20as%20the%20leads%3B%20studio%20head%20Jack%20L.%20Warner%20refused%2C%20and%20substituted%20teen%20idol%20Tab%20Hunter%20and%20David%20Janssen%2C%20with%20Eastwood%20moved%20to%20a%20minor%20role.">apparently</a> could've been lead if director William A. Wellman had his way. Tab Hunter is the lead here, but the only thing I'll take from him here is that he kinda looks like MMA fighter <a href="https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/171377-ian-garry">Ian Garry</a>... just me that sees that? Probably. Could be worth a watch for some of the neat aerial sequences near the end, but otherwise this 1958 flick isn't one I'd recommend.