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The Last Flight

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American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.

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Sean Axmaker Parallax View Where most of the memorable artifacts of pre-code cinema liked to flaunt its defiance of social decorum, The Last Flight makes an effort to shake up and unsettle the viewer, and it succeesds. May 4, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A rarely seen gem. Rated: A Oct 21, 2010 Full Review Dan Callahan ToxicUniverse.com The Last Flight is a bracing tale of the Lost Generation, and one of cinema's least known masterpieces. Feb 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member One of the best movies I've ever seen and one that is almost totally unknown. In 1919 Paris, four American fliers, shattered by their experience in World War I, drink themselves into oblivion. There is little real story, and much of the film is the characters revealing (or not revealing) themselves through conversation. It's very similar to those two great 90s indies about Americans in Europe, Before Sunrise and Barcelona. It's so similar to those and so unlike other 1931 films, it seems utterly out of time. A superb film about alcoholism, life after war, the expat life, the death wish, and the Lost Generation. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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William Dieterle

Director

Richard Barthelmess

Cary Lockwood

Johnny Mack Brown

Bill Talbot

Helen Chandler

Nikki

David Manners

Shep Lambert

Elliott Nugent

Francis
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Movie Info

Synopsis American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.
Director
William Dieterle
Screenwriter
John Monk Saunders
Distributor
First National Pictures Inc.
Production Co
First National Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 1931, Original
Runtime
1h 20m