Movie
Von Richthofen and Brown
Overview
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-06-30
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists
- Country
- Ireland, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Phillip Law as Baron Manfred von Richthofen
- Don Stroud as Roy Brown
- Barry Primus as Hermann Goering
- Corin Redgrave as Major Lanoe Hawker VC
- Karen Ericson as Ilse
- Hurd Hatfield as Anthony Fokker
- Stephen McHattie as Werner Voss
- Brian Foley as Lothar von Richthofen
- Robert La Tourneaux as Ernest Udet
- Peter Masterson as Major Oswald Boelke
- Clint Kimbrough as Major von Höppner
- Tom Adams as Owen
Crew
- Roger Corman - Director
- John William Corrington - Writer
- Joyce Hooper Corrington - Writer
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