Lafayette Escadrille , also known as C'est la Guerre, Hell Bent for Glory and With You in My Arms is an American war film produced by Warner Brothers Pictures. The film starred Tab Hunter, David Janssen, Will Hutchins and Etchika Choureau and featured Clint Eastwood in an early supporting role. It was the final film in the career of director William A. Wellman and is based on his original story. The plot of "Lafayette Escadrille" is not dissimilar to the 2006 film Flyboys, which also tells the story of the Escadrille as background to an unrequited love story, while dealing with some of the... lesser-known elements of the squadron's history. Thad Walker , a spoiled, rich kid from Boston, who had gotten in serious trouble with the law, fled to France to join the French Foreign Legion in World War I. In Paris, with companions, "Duke" Sinclair , Dave Putnam , Tom Hitchcock and Bill Wellman , the boys stop at a bar and learn of the recent formation of the Lafayette Escadrille made up of American volunteer pilots who fly for France.
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| Release date: | March 1958 |
| Directed by: | William A. Wellman |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | William H. Clothier |