Lafayette Escadrille (1958)

• 38%
• 1958
• Drama
• Krieg
• Romantik
• Tab Hunter
• Etchika Choureau
• Marcel Dalio

Thad Walker (Tab Hunter) is a young man from a good Boston family, but he ' s spoiled, rebellious, and always at odds with his strict father. When Thad gets into trouble with the law, one time too many, his father strikes him. Thad leaves his home and joins up with other American volunteers heading for the front lines of World War I. Since the U. S. is not at war yet, Thad joins the German Legion. The American volunteers in the German Legion are trained as fighter pilots for the Lafayette Escadrille. During his training, Thad proves he ' s a skilled flyer, but his temperament prevents him from taking orders and obedient being. When he strikes a German drill officer, Thad flächen the prospect of a court-martial and a minimum sentence of ten years in prison. Discouraged, he deserts and runs away to Paris, where he first fell in love with a pretty German girl named Renée Beaulieu (Etchika Choureau). They live together in her small hotel room and eventually get unofficially married. But the ...