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The Lost Squadron

Play trailer Poster for The Lost Squadron 1932,  1h 19m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 46% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
After World War I, Army flying ace "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) follows his actress girlfriend (Mary Astor) to Hollywood, Calif., even though she's spurned him for the despotic Prussian film director Arthur von Furst (Erich von Stroheim). Gibby and his friends, Woody (Robert Armstrong) and Red (Joel McCrea), begin working as stunt pilots for von Furst, but the filmmaker's quest for realistic war footage leads them into life-or-death situations -- and soon, the jealous director goes too far.

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 26, 2009
It is not without authority, even though the dramatics are a bit strained. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out Nov 4, 2006
With a cynically acidic script by Herman J Mankiewicz, among others, this early talkie is one of the most enjoyably scabrous examples of Hollywood on Hollywood. Go to Full Review
Mordaunt Hall New York Times Nov 4, 2006
It is an excellent melodrama, ably directed, with a background familiar to producers -- for it is chiefly concerned with stunt flying before the cameras in Hollywood and a film director is the evil genius. Go to Full Review
Don Q. Cine-Mundial Apr 6, 2020
The film had to come out entertaining. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
TV Guide Sep 29, 2014
3/4
Bizarre but absorbing. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Aug 4, 2005
B
Penned in a delightfully nasty cynical way by Herman Mankiewicz. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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George Archainbaud

Director

Richard Dix

Capt. 'Gibby' Gibson

Mary Astor

Follette Marsh

Erich von Stroheim

Arthur von Furst

Robert Armstrong

Lt. "Woody" Curwood

Dorothy Jordan

"Pest" Curwood

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Movie Info

Synopsis After World War I, Army flying ace "Gibby" Gibson (Richard Dix) follows his actress girlfriend (Mary Astor) to Hollywood, Calif., even though she's spurned him for the despotic Prussian film director Arthur von Furst (Erich von Stroheim). Gibby and his friends, Woody (Robert Armstrong) and Red (Joel McCrea), begin working as stunt pilots for von Furst, but the filmmaker's quest for realistic war footage leads them into life-or-death situations -- and soon, the jealous director goes too far.
Director
George Archainbaud
Producer
Louis Sarecky
Screenwriter
Dick Grace, Wallace Smith, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Robert Presnell Sr., Humphrey Pearson
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 1932, Wide
Runtime
1h 19m
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