Mercy Plane (1939)
5/10
Acceptable programmer, mercifully short.
3 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
The love/hate friendship of rival pilots James Dunn and Frances Gifford is one of the entertaining elements of this B film that deals with two hot shot flyers involved with trying to fight mobsters who are trying to use a hospital plane (an ambulance with wings) to transport illegal goods. Gifford, mentioned here to be the world's most famous female pilot, doesn't realize that her brother is involved with the mob. When Gifford and Dunn crash in the mountains, their only hope of rescue is the mercy playing which is spotted in the area.

A decent low budget programmer has some good aerial scenes, especially the crash into the mountains, aided by the back and forth wives tracking dialogue between Gifford and Dunn. It's obvious that the airplanes are just toy models with strings, particularly when the mercy plane lands, coming down more like a helicopter than an airplane. A decent passable time filler, not a great original plot but suspenseful and humorous.
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