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Hell's Angels is a 1930 American black-and-white film produced by Howard Hughes and distributed by United Artists. The movie was directed by Howard Hughes, James Whale, and Edmund Goulding, with a screenplay by Howard Estabrook, Harry Behn, and Joseph Moncure March. The cast includes Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall, and Jane Winton. Hugo Riesenfeld composed the score, while Carroll Clark served as production designer and Howard Greer as costume designer.
The film belongs to the Pre-Code Hollywood movement and is categorized as a war, drama, and musical film. Its main subject is aviation, featuring themes such as World War I, fighter pilots, and zeppelins. Cinematography was handled by Tony Gaudio and Harry Perry. The production cost three million nine hundred fifty thousand dollars, and the film grossed eight million dollars at the box office. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
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6.5When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
Cast
- Ben Lyon as Monte Rutledge
- James Hall as Roy Rutledge
- Jean Harlow as Helen
- John Darrow as Karl Armstedt
- Lucien Prival as Baron Von Kranz
- Frank Clarke as Lt. von Bruen
Themes
- world war i
- brother
- fighter pilot
- zeppelin
- unfaithful girlfriend
- aerial combat
- royal flying corps (rfc)
- dogfight
- airship
- duel
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
6,324 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
- Year
- 1930
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rated
- Passed
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- aviation
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Edmund Goulding
- Screenwriter
- Howard Estabrook
- Cast member
- Carl von Haartman
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Producer
- Howard Hughes
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Harry Perry
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 953852
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster - Hell's Angels (1930) 04.jpg
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- publication date
- 1930-11-24
- title
- Hell's Angels
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- Commons category
- Hell's Angels (film)
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Carroll Clark
- costume designer
- Howard Greer
- box office
- 8000000
- capital cost
- 3950000
- review score
- 71%
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