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Wings

1927 • 2h 24m •
Drama Action War Romance
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 7.2/10
344 reviews
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Wings

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.

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

Top Billed Cast

Clara Bow
Clara Bow
Mary Preston
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Jack Powell
Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen
David Armstrong
Jobyna Ralston
Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis
El Brendel
El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker
Air Commander
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Cadet White
Gunboat Smith
Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2023-06-18

OK, so the initial story is all a bit of well trammelled soap. "Jack" (Buddy Rogers) and "David" (Richard Arlen) come from different sides of the streets - but they both fall in love with "Sylvia" (Jobyna Ralston). She probably prefers the latter, wealthier man, but plays both along whilst the former's neighbour "Mary" is deeply enamoured with him even if her affections go unreturned. Things change tack rather, though, when the US Army Air Service needs their flying skills during the Great war in France so off they go to face the legendary fighter aces of the Bosch. There's no love lost betwee...