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| Director: | Robert Stevenson | 
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| Writer: | Roland Pertwee, J.O.C. Orton, Curt Siodmak, Ken Attiwill | 
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| A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 13, 1937 | 
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| Director: | Robert Stevenson | 
| Writer: | Roland Pertwee, J.O.C. Orton, Curt Siodmak, Ken Attiwill | 
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller | 
| Keywords | blackmail, airplane, murder | 
| Production Companies | Gaumont | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| John Loder | Inspector Jim Grant | 
| Anna Lee | Jennie Carr | 
| Francis L. Sullivan | Hugo Brant | 
| Frank Cellier | Sam Pryor | 
| Desmond Tester | Arnold James | 
| Athene Seyler | Aunt Veronica | 
| William Dewhurst | Mortimer | 
| Drusilla Wills | Mrs. Carr | 
| Jerry Verno | Steward | 
| James Pirrie | Billy Cooper | 
| Ellen Pollock | Miss Harvey | 
| Arthur Goullet | Henry Abel | 
| Peter Bull | Spurgeon | 
| Tony Quinn | Harrigan | 
| H.G. Stoker | Captain | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Robert Stevenson | Director | 
| E. V. H. Emmett | Additional Dialogue | 
| Roland Pertwee | Screenplay | 
| J.O.C. Orton | Screenplay | 
| Curt Siodmak | Writer | 
| Bretton Byrd | Original Music Composer | 
| Mutz Greenbaum | Director of Photography | 
| Al Barnes | Editor | 
| Walter W. Murton | Art Direction | 
| Norman Hartnell | Costume Design | 
| A. O'Donoghue | Sound Recordist | 
| Louis Levy | Music Director, Original Music Composer | 
| Ken Attiwill | Novel | 
| Hubert Bath | Original Music Composer | 
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Now, I thought that the Airbus A380 was an impressive airliner but the one used in this 1937 murder mystery makes it look like a Sopwith Camel! It has all the facilities of an ocean liner (though not quite an entire promenade deck to enjoy at 35,000 feet)! Anna Lee ("Annie") witnesses a murder and g ... ets framed for theft for her troubles. Once released from a London prison she discovers than an innocent man is to go to the gallows in New York for the murder, so tries to persuade a somewhat sceptical "Insp. Grant" (John Loder) to intervene - but to no avail. So, she stows away on our luxury airliner to New York in a race to stop his execution. By chance (?), Francis L. Sullivan is also on the plane - impersonating an Uruguayan general and Desmond Tester (whom you might recall is Sabu's pal in "The Drum") as the annoying virtuouso child musician with a penchant for the saxophone - alongside our doubting Scotland Yard Inspector. Sullivan's accent is a bit distracting but he is still quite a sinister character as he sets about to try and kill "Annie" and escape. Athene Seyler also brings some charm as the fusspot "Aunt Veronica". The plot is reasonably complex and at around 70 minutes there is enough to keep us going until the last 5 minutes which, I'm afraid, border on the ridiculous.