The Eagle and the Hawk is a war film

War film

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 starring Fredric March

Fredric March

Fredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...

 and Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...

 as World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 fighter pilots. The supporting cast includes Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.-Early life:...

 and Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s...

. March gave an outstanding performance as a pilot who cracks under the strain of war. Aerial scenes are brief but realistic.

Cast

Fredric March

Fredric March

Fredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...

  ...
Jerry H. Young

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...

  ...
Henry Crocker

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.-Early life:...

  ...
Mike 'Slug' Richards

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s...

  ...
The Beautiful Lady

Guy Standing

Guy Standing

Commander Sir Guy Standing KBE RNVR was an English actor.-Biography:Standing served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve throughout the First World War, reaching the rank of Commander. In 1918, he was part of the British War Mission to the United States...

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Major Dunham

Forrester Harvey ...
Hogan

Kenneth Howell ...
Lt. John Stevens

Leyland Hodgson ...
Lt. Kingsford

Virginia Hammond ...
Lady Erskine

Douglas Scott ...
Tommy Erskine

Robert Seiter ...
Arnold Voss (as Robert Manning)

Adrienne D'Ambricourt ...
Fifi aka Fanny