Film

Wings

1927 · 2h 24m · Drama · Action · War

Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS"

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

78

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.

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

Henry B. Walthall

Mr. Armstrong

Roscoe Karns

Lieutenant Cameron

Julia Swayne Gordon

Mrs. Armstrong

Arlette Marchal

Celeste

Nigel De Brulier

Peasant (uncredited)

Hedda Hopper

Mrs. Powell (uncredited)

George Irving

Mr. Powell (uncredited)

William A. Wellman

Doughboy (uncredited)

• William A. WellmanDirector
• Hope LoringScreenplay
• Louis D. LightonScreenplay
• John Monk SaundersStory
• Lucien HubbardProducer
• Harry PerryDirector of Photography
• E. Lloyd SheldonEditor

Wings - Trailer

Release date

August 12, 1927

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$3,600,000

Genres

Drama, Action, War, Romance

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