Hell's Angels
“Howard Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle”
As the Great War breaks out in Europe, English brothers Roy and Monte enlist in the Royal Flying Corps to fight for king and country, while their Oxford College friend Karl is ordered back to Germany. As a love triangle develops involving Monte, Roy, and Roy's girlfriend, Helen, the brothers' disparate personalities, and Monte's cowardice in the face of war soon threaten to compromise a top-secret bombing mission over German territory.
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Cast
62 people
Ben Lyon
Monte Rutledge
Known for
Night Nurse
James Hall
Roy Rutledge
Also in
The Canary Murder Case
Four Sons
Jean Harlow
Helen
Known for
The Public Enemy
Libeled Lady
John Darrow
Karl Armstedt
Also in
The Lady Refuses
The Big Chance
Lucien Prival
Baron Von Kranz
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
History Is Made at Night
Frank Clarke
Lt. von Bruen
Known for
The Flying Deuces
Roy Wilson
Baldy Maloney
Also in
Eagle of the Night
Won in the Clouds
Douglas Gilmore
Capt. Redfield
Also in
Sally, Irene and Mary
Paris
Jane Winton
Baroness Von Kranz
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Evelyn Hall
Lady Randolph
Also in
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
My Best Girl
William B. Davidson
Staff Major
Known for
The Most Dangerous Game
Hold That Ghost
Wyndham Standing
RFC Squadron Commander
Known for
Design for Living
Imitation of Life
Howard Hughes Director · Marshall Neilan Story Joseph Moncure March Story
Director
Howard Hughes
Story
Marshall Neilan
Story
Joseph Moncure March
Composer
Hugo Riesenfeld
Composer
Adolph Tandler
Cinematographer
Tony Gaudio
Cinematographer
Harry Perry
Cinematographer
Dewey Wrigley
Editor
Douglass Biggs
Editor
Frank Lawrence
Editor
Perry Hollingsworth
Costume designer
Howard Greer
Worldwide gross $8M · Budget $4M · United States release November 15, 1930
Box office
Budget
$3,950,000
Worldwide gross
$8,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
The Caddo Company
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
United States · May 27, 1930
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · November 15, 1930
Theatrical
United States · November 18, 2025
Physical · 4K & blu-ray
Brazil
January 9, 1931 · Theatrical · IMDB
Germany
February 19, 1986 · TV
Sweden
November 30, 1931 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 28, 1930 · Theatrical
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