DramaActionWarRomance
Wings
“Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "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.
Directed by William A. Wellman
72
User score
338 votes
Rent on
Status
Released
Released
August 12, 1927
Runtime
2h 24m
Language
No Language
Budget → Revenue
$2M → $3.6M
Top cast
Clara Bow
Mary Preston
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Jack Powell
Richard Arlen
David Armstrong
Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis
El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf
Richard Tucker
Air Commander
Gary Cooper
Cadet White
Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant
Henry B. Walthall
Mr. Armstrong
Roscoe Karns
Lieutenant Cameron
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Armstrong
Arlette Marchal
Celeste
Nigel De Brulier
Peasant (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
George Irving
Mr. Powell (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
Doughboy (uncredited)
Charles Barton
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)
Thomas Carr
Aviator (uncredited)
Thomas Carrigan
(uncredited)
Margery Chapin
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
