Wings poster
Director William A. Wellman
Screenplay Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
Writer Julian Johnson

Wings

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

Release Date: 1927-08-12

Duration: 144 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gary Cooper
    Cadet White
  • Hedda Hopper
    Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
  • William A. Wellman
    Doughboy (uncredited)
  • Clara Bow
    Mary Preston
  • Richard Arlen
    David Armstrong
  • Henry B. Walthall
    Mr. Armstrong
  • Robert Livingston
    Recruit in Examination Office (uncredited)
  • Jobyna Ralston
    Sylvia Lewis
  • Charles "Buddy" Rogers
    Jack Powell
  • Charles Barton
    Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)