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Movie - 13 Hours By Air


Year: 1936
Rated: NR
Parental Rating: Acceptable for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 77
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Disaster
Production: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

A pre-AIRPORT disaster film has Lothario pilot MacMurray guiding his commercial airplane through a blinding snowstorm while a gangster terrorizes the passengers. He handles the job well, winning the heart of socialite Bennett in the process. Though strictly programmer material, this has a nice balance between drama and comedy (the gangster is stopped by a kid with a squirt gun), with some good dialog and performances. The was the last feature-length film for Marie Prevost, a star of the silent era.

Cast

Fred MacMurray: Jack Gordon

Joan Bennett: Felice Rollins

ZaSu Pitts: Mina Harkins

Alan Baxter: Curtis Palmer

Fred Keating: Gregorie Stephani

Brian Donlevy: Dr. Evarts

John Howard: Freddie Scott

Adrienne Marden: Ann McKenna

Ruth Donnelly: Vi Johnson

Bennie Bartlett: Waldemar Pitt III

Grace Bradley: Trixie La Brey

Dean Jagger: Hap Waller

Jack Mulhall: Horace Lander

Granville Bates: Pop Andrews

Arthur Singley: Pete Stevens

Clyde Dilson: Fat Rickhauser

Mildred Stone: Ruth Bradford

Henry Arthur: Assistant Clerk

Ed Schaefer: Harry

Dennis O'Keefe: Baker the Copilot

Bruce Warren: Tex Doyle

John Huettner: Copilot

Gertrude Short: Waitress

Marie Prevost: Waitress

Credits

Mitchell Leisen: Director

Kenyon Nicholson: Writer - based on the story "Wild Wings" by Bogart Rogers, Frank M. Dazey

Bogart Rogers: Writer

Bogart Rogers: Source

Frank M. Dazey: Source

E. Lloyd Sheldon: Producer

Theodor Sparkuhl: Cinematographer

Doane Harrison: Editor

Hans Dreier: Art Director

John B. Goodman: Art Director

A.E. Freudeman: Set Decorator

Farciot Edouart: Special Effects

Gordon Jennings: Special Effects


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