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The Eagle and the Hawk ()

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The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
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Jerry Young
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Henry Crocker
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Mike Richards
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The Beautiful Lady
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Major Dunham (as Sir Guy Standing)
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Hogan
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John Stevens
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Kingsford
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Lady Erskine
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Tommy
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Arnold Voss (as Robert Manning)
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Fifi aka Fanny
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Ted Billings ...
Cockney Soldier (uncredited)
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Flier (uncredited)
Paul Cremonesi ...
French General (uncredited)
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Story-Telling Officer at Party (uncredited)
Jacques Jou-Jerville ...
French General's Aide (uncredited)
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General (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Flier (uncredited)
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Flier (uncredited)
Russell Scott ...
Flight Sergeant (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Frank Tomick ...
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stuart Walker
Mitchell Leisen ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Seton I. Miller ... (screenplay)
 
Bogart Rogers ... (screenplay)
 
John Monk Saunders ... (based on a story by)

Produced by

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Bayard Veiller ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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John Leipold ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Harry Fischbeck ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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James Smith ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Stuart Gilmore ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Robert Odell ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Travis Banton ... (uncredited)

Production Management

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Sidney Street ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mitchell Leisen ... associate director
Edgar Anderson ... assistant director (uncredited)
James Dugan ... assistant director (uncredited)
O.C. Le Boutillier ... assistant director (uncredited)
Tom Wotton ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Al Hurley ... props (uncredited)
Roy Kreuger ... property master (uncredited)
Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ray Cossar ... stage engineer (uncredited)
Harry Lindgren ... sound mixer (uncredited)
Ted Powell ... mike grip (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Loyal Griggs ... special photographic effects associate (uncredited)
Albert Myers ... special photographic effects associate (uncredited)
Dewey Wrigley ... special photographic effects associate (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lucien Ballard ... assistant camera (uncredited)
George Bourne ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Walter Dalton ... grip (uncredited)
Daniel L. Fapp ... second camera (uncredited)
Jimmie Hosler ... grip (uncredited)
William Rand ... camera operator (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Walling ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Karl Hajos ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Claire Behnke ... script supervisor (uncredited)
Isabelle Sullivan ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Harry Reynolds ... airplane preparation (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords
Taglines a human eagle...desperate, dauntless, but ashamed of his exploits!- a human hawk... ruthless, ravenous, but proud of his executions!- cursing each other, yet courting death together (Print ad- Plattsburg Daily Republican, ((Plattsburg, NY)) 13 June 1933) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Fly On (United States)
  • L'aigle et le vautour (France)
  • El águila y el halcón (Spain)
  • Skrzydlate fatum (Poland)
  • El águila y el halcón (Mexico)
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  • 73 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia When interviewed by David Chierichetti, for the book "Mitchell Leisen: Hollywood Director", Leisen confirmed that, although credited as "associate director" , he had in fact directed the vast majority of the film: "One day the script for the Eagle and the Hawk came through for us to start work on the sets. I read it and was dying to direct it. It was the only time in my career where I felt I just *had* to direct anything... I burst into Bayard Veiller's office and told him I wanted to make it. He said, "William A. Wellman's on his way over here and I don't even want him to see you here so get out!" I was very discouraged and I said, "Well, I think I'll splurge and have lunch at the Ambassador Hotel." While I was down there I got a call to come back to the studio. It seemed that Mr Wellman didn't like the script at all and wanted to change the whole thing. Veiller said "If you want to do it, go ahead", but the studio was a little leery that I might not know enough about dialogue, so they put Stuart Walker on it to assist me with that end of it. I stuck Stuart in the sound booth again, and he didn't say a word through the whole thing... From the beginning it was clearly understood on all sides that I was the director of The Eagle and the Hawk, and it was Stuart Walker who was assisting me. When we finished, however, Stuart pointed out a clause in his contract that stated he would always get full directorial credit no matter what, and since I didn't have any contract at all, there was nothing I could do about it. The studio was just as furious as I was. Now I happened to know that Stuart had his heart set on Cradle Song (1933) and Death Takes a Holiday (1934). I didn't know anything about Cradle Song but when the studio asked me what I wanted to do next, I said Cradle Song just to get back at Stuart. After I'd been shooting that a couple of weeks, they asked me what I wanted next and I said Death Takes a Holiday. Those turned out to be two of my favorite pictures, so at least Mr Walker had good taste, even though he couldn't direct a picture." Fredric March was interviewed for the book and verified this also. When Paramount reissued "The Eagle and The Hawk" in 1939, after Leisen had already become a renowned director, they rewrote the advertising to say "Directed by Stuart Walker and Mitchell Leisen." See more »
Goofs At end, Jerry is referred to as a captain, but throughout the film he had two pips on his uniform which is the insignia for a first lieutenant. A captain is three pips and a major is a crown. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Wings (1927). See more »
Quotes Jerry H. Young: I didn't expect to be a chauffeur for a graveyard, driving men to their deaths day after day.
Major Dunham: And yet, that's just exactly what it is.
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