Lona Andre (Helen Gage), John Carroll (Jerry Blackwood), Henry Hall (Henry Goering), Leon Ames (Carl Goering), Pat Somerset (Roland Saunders), Reed Howes (John Ives), John S. Peters (i.e. Hans Joby) (Baron Otto von Guttard), Wheeler Oakman (Douglas Thompson), Gaston Glass (Rene La Rue), Willard Kent (Inspector Gallagher), John Elliott (Dr Norris), Forrest Taylor (survivor).
Director: ELMER CLIFTON. Screenplay: Charles R. Condon. Story: Bernard McConville. Photography: James Diamond, Art Reed. Film editor: Carl Himm. Producer: Fanchon Royer. Production manager: Leonard L. Levinson. Assistant director: Wilfred Black.
Not copyright. A Fanchon Royer Production. Released in the USA by Puritan Pictures. No New York opening. 69 minutes.
Alternate titles: Pilot X; Death in the Sky. U.K. release title: Murder in the Air. 1943 re-issue title: The Mysterious Bombardier.
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious rogue pilot in a mysterious rogue plane is shooting down, one by one, the veteran survivors of WW1 dogfights.
COMMENT: Some spectacular aerial dog-fight footage cleverly integrated, gives this little mystery thriller a considerable lift. Also to be highly praised are most of the players led by the lovely, vivacious Lona Andre and personable John Carroll.
Ever-reliable John Elliott, plus an intriguing Erich von Stroheim imitator (namely Hans Joby in disguise as John S. Peters), plus Reed Howes, plus Leon Ames should also be congratulated.
The pace is fast and the solution comes as a genuine surprise. This movie has a small but vociferous cult following - and no wonder!
Director: ELMER CLIFTON. Screenplay: Charles R. Condon. Story: Bernard McConville. Photography: James Diamond, Art Reed. Film editor: Carl Himm. Producer: Fanchon Royer. Production manager: Leonard L. Levinson. Assistant director: Wilfred Black.
Not copyright. A Fanchon Royer Production. Released in the USA by Puritan Pictures. No New York opening. 69 minutes.
Alternate titles: Pilot X; Death in the Sky. U.K. release title: Murder in the Air. 1943 re-issue title: The Mysterious Bombardier.
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious rogue pilot in a mysterious rogue plane is shooting down, one by one, the veteran survivors of WW1 dogfights.
COMMENT: Some spectacular aerial dog-fight footage cleverly integrated, gives this little mystery thriller a considerable lift. Also to be highly praised are most of the players led by the lovely, vivacious Lona Andre and personable John Carroll.
Ever-reliable John Elliott, plus an intriguing Erich von Stroheim imitator (namely Hans Joby in disguise as John S. Peters), plus Reed Howes, plus Leon Ames should also be congratulated.
The pace is fast and the solution comes as a genuine surprise. This movie has a small but vociferous cult following - and no wonder!