Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I. It was released by United Artists.
Roy and Monte Rutledge are very different British brothers studying at Oxford together at the onset of World War I. Mild-mannered Roy is in love with and idealizes the apparently demure, but wayward, Helen, played by Jean Harlow. Monte, on the other hand, is a free-wheeling womanizer who can't refuse any woman's advances. A German student by the name of Karl is best friends to both. After the outbreak of World War I, Karl is recruited into the German Air Force and the two British brothers enlist in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC); Roy enthusiastically as a sense of duty and Monte doing so only to get a kiss from a girl at the recruiting station. After their training, Roy finally introduces Monte to Helen, who seduces Monte.
Meanwhile, Karl is serving aboard a zeppelin that is flying over London for an attack from high above the clouds.
| Ben Lyon | Monte Rutledge |
| James Hall | Roy Rutledge |
| Lucien Prival, | |
| Jean Harlow | Helen |
| John Darrow | Karl Armstedt |
| Lucien Prival | Baron Von Kranz |
| Frank Clarke | Lt. von Bruen |
| Roy Wilson | Baldy Maloney |
| Douglas Gilmore | Capt. Redfield |
| Jane Winton | Baroness Von Kranz |
| Evelyn Hall | Lady Randolph |
| William B. Davidson | Staff Major |
| Wyndham Standing | RFC squadron commander |
| Lena Melana | Gretchen, waitress (as Lena Malena) |
| Marian Marsh | Girl selling kisses (as Marilyn Morgan) |
| Carl von Haartman | Zeppelin commander |
| Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | First Officer of zeppelin (as F. Schumann-Heink) |
| Stephen Carr | Elliott |
| Thomas Carr | Pilot |
| J. Granville-Davis | Pilot |
| Hans Joby | Von Schlieben |
| Howard Batt | Minor Role |
| Pat Somerset | Marryat |
| Wilhelm von Brincken | Von Richter |
| George Berliner | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Nora Cecil | Helen's Maid |
| Bob Blair | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Eddie Brownell | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Hank Coffin | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Ross Cooke | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Lawford Davidson | British Officer Shot by Firing Squad (uncredited) |
| Jack Deery | Splashed Officer (uncredited) |
| Lucy Doraine | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| David Findlay | Bit Role |
| Curt Furburg | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Curt Furberg | Bit Role |
| Frank Goddard | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Lisa Gora | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Douglas Gordon | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Owen Gorin | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Pat Harmon | Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Al Johnson | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Werner Klingler | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Burton Lane | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Morey Johnson | Minor Role |
| Garland Lincoln | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Rene Marvelle | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Maurice Murphy | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Al Lary | Minor Role |
| Stewart Murphy | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Leo Nomis | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Ira Reed | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Georgette Rhodes | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Harry Semels | Anarchist (uncredited) |
| Ernie Smith | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Joan Standing | Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| C.F. Sullivan | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Sutton | Canteen Worker (uncredited) |
| Frank Tomick | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Roscoe Turner | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Al Wilson | Pilot (uncredited) |
| Tony Gaudio | Cinematographer |
| Harry Perry | Cinematographer |
| Douglass Biggs | Film Editor |
| Frank Lawrence | Film Editor |
| Perry Hollingsworth | Film Editor |
| Tibor von Janny | Bit Role |
| Lodge Cunningham | Sound Department |
| Lena Malena | Gretchen - waitress |
| Hugo Riesenfeld | Composer |
| Carroll Clark | Set Decorator |
| Julian Boone Fleming | Set Decorator |
| Fred Fleck | Assistant Director |
| William J. Scully | Assistant Director |
