Top cast:William West,Mary Fuller,Edwin Clarke
Director:Olivia Wilde
Genre:War
Region:Kuwait
Year:1999
Storyline:Silent film star Richard Barthelmess (who had appeared in D.W.Griffith""sBroken Blossoms (1919)andWay Down East (1920)) returned to the screen in a comeback attempt after a three-year absence in the role of an ostracized and disgraced ace-flier (responsible in the past for causing the death of another aviator) who redeems and vindicates himself by flying on a dangerous mission.Riggs claimed that he didn""t attend his partner""s retirement party, because he knew what the outcome would be.The unspeakable act causes Captain Marco to waken from his nightmare.As he testifies to a Colonel (Douglas Henderson), other Army chiefs of staff and a black consulting psychiatrist (Joe Adams) about his horrifying dreams from combat, Captain Marco believes it is "curious that Mavole was one of the two men lost in the action, yet every night in my dream, he""s - he""s the one that Raymond.Draba fell backwards into the arena, as the scene faded.That evening, as the camera panned over the training area, the remaining gladiators were led into their holding area by Marcellus, deliberately paraded by the upside-down hanging body of Draba.