The Lost Squadron

Three World War I fighter pilots have a hard time finding an outlet for their skills after the war and struggle with feelings of uselessness and displacement until they find work as stunt pilots for a Hollywood director., Erich von Stroheim parodies himself in this melodrama of a maniacal film director who makes his stunt pilots risk their lives for his movie., When three airmen, demobilised after World War I, find work as stuntmen for a maniacal film director, a tale of jealousy and murder ensues. Starring Erich von Stroheim, Joel McCrea, Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Jordan.