DRAMA OF THE WAR ON SPIES!
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
- 5.9
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 22m
Ralph Richardson
Maj. Charles Hammond
Laurence Olivier
Tony McVane
Valerie Hobson
Kay Lawrence
George Merritt
Mr. Barrett
George Curzon
Jenkins
Roy Emerton
Viking First Mate
Frank Fox
Karl
Gus McNaughton
Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler
Gordon McLeod
The Baron
Hay Petrie
Stage Door Keeper
Sandra Storme
Daphne
David Tree
R. Mackenzie
John Longden
John Peters, a Pilot
Ronald Adam
Pollack - Aviation Engineer
Patrick Aherne
OfficerMark Daly
John - Factory Watchman
David Farrar
Viking Bo'sun
Ian Fleming
Air Ministry OfficerFranklin Kelsey
Inspector
John Laurie
Newspaper Editor
Herbert Lomas
Mattie - Fisherman
Raymond Lovell
Northern Salvage Company Manager
Gertrude Musgrove
Barmaid
Reginald Purdell
PilotJohn Robinson
Pilot
John Singer
Newspaper BoyLewis Stringer
Foreign AgentJack Vyvyan
Police SgtHal Walters
Cornish Car Driver
Eileen Bennett
Minor Role
Leslie Bradley
Minor Role
Henry Caine
Minor Role
Derek Farr
Minor Role
Morland Graham
Minor Role
Sally Gray
Minor Role
Allan Jeayes
Minor Role
Colin Keith-Johnston
Minor Role
Gregory Stroud
Minor Role
Miles Malleson
Minor Role
Released
en
- #bureaucracy
- #spy
- #murder
- #aviation
- #woman reporter
- #sabotage
- #umbrella
- #denial
- #screwball comedy
- #aircraft factory
- #test pilot
- #ray gun
- #spy ring
- #infiltrator
- #experimental aircraft
- #salvage ship
- #quisling
Reviews
When aircraft with secret gadgets aboard start disappearing all around the globe, "Maj. Hammond" (Ralph Richardson) reckons that there is something suspicious going on. His investigations - frequently interfered with by his aspiring journalist sister "Kay" (Valerie Hobson) - eventually, despite scepticism from the latest aircraft's manufacturers, manage to enrol budding pilot "McVane" (Laurence Ol