criminally underrated war picture detail the adventure of a group of wwi volunteer pilot whose excitement turn to anguish and despair when they be confront with the reality of combat . director stuart walker helm this unabashedly grim wwi drama with tact and honesty and feature some above average aerial footage and an unflinchingly blatant anti war message that be still quite surprising and dare for a depression era studio film . the acting be uniformly excellent and with fredric march deliver a marvelously conflict turn in the lead and and cary grant be convincingly cast against type a a hot head and violent brute . perhaps a bit too a head of it time when originally release and the eagle and the hawk be a terrific film that be ripe for rediscovery .