Spies of the Air 1939
5.9 / 10
Spies of the Air
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
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... Peter Thurloe
... Dorothy Houghton
... Charles Houghton
... Bill Madison
... Emily Madison
... Col. Cairns
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Not much to say about tis rather routine, short, pre-war espionage drama. Roger Livesey is an aeronautical engineer working with his team (Basil Bradford and Barry Barnes) on a top secret design for a test aircraft. Meantime Felix Aylmer ("Col. Cairns") is in charge of security and when he suspects the plans are being copied we have to try and suss out who the traitor is - and discover it's not just the nation that might be being betrayed. It's got an efficient script, the story doesn't hang about and there is some enjoyable aerial photography (interspersed with some rather fun toy aircraft-on-a-wire type shots too) with quite a good ending. David MacDonald does fine with what must have been a tiny budget, and it has a certain, enjoyable, generosity of spirit about it.
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Release Date:
Mar 30, 1939 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 18`
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Original Language:
English
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United Kingdom
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Released
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Spies of the Air
Not much to say about tis rather routine, short, pre-war espionage drama. Roger Livesey is an aeronautical engineer working with his team (Basil Bradford and Barry Barnes) on a top secret design for a test aircraft. Meantime Felix Aylmer ("Col. Cairns") is in charge of security and when he suspects the plans are being copied we have to try and suss out who the traitor is - and discover it's not just the nation that might be being betrayed. It's got an efficient script, the story doesn't hang about and there is some enjoyable aerial photography (interspersed with some rather fun toy aircraft-on-a-wire type shots too) with quite a good ending. David MacDonald does fine with what must have been a tiny budget, and it has a certain, enjoyable, generosity of spirit about it.
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Spies of the Air
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... Peter Thurloe
... Dorothy Houghton
... Charles Houghton
... Bill Madison
... Emily Madison
... Col. Cairns
... Agent Hooper
... Porter
... Sir Andrew Hamilton
... Stuart
... Foreigner
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Hal Walters... Kingswell
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David Davies... Detective (uncredited)
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