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The Legion of the Condemned (1928)

The Legion of the Condemned poster
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Genre
drama film, silent film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During World War I, a group of American pilots volunteers for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. One of them falls for a woman who may be a German spy.

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What happens

The Legion of the Condemned (aka Legion of the Condemned) is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Jesse L. Lasky, Wellman, and Adolph Zukor and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Written by former World War I flight instructor John Monk Saunders and Jean de Limur, with intertitles by George Marion Jr., the film stars Fay Wray and Gary Cooper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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