Q Planes
6.5
“DRAMA OF THE WAR ON SPIES!”
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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Cast
40 people
Ralph Richardson
Maj. Charles Hammond
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
The Fallen Idol
Laurence Olivier
Tony McVane
Known for
Rebecca
Spartacus
Valerie Hobson
Kay Lawrence
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
Great Expectations
George Merritt
Mr. Barrett
Known for
Young and Innocent
A Canterbury Tale
George Curzon
Jenkins
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Young and Innocent
Roy Emerton
Viking First Mate
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
Frank Fox
Karl
Also in
The Last Barricade
Luck of the Navy
Gus McNaughton
Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler
Known for
The 39 Steps
George Butler
Air Marshal Gosport
Gordon McLeod
The Baron
Also in
The Saint in London
The House Across the Lake
Hay Petrie
Stage Door Keeper
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
Jamaica Inn
Sandra Storme
Daphne
Also in
Murder in Soho
Sophie Lang Goes West
Tim Whelan Director · Arthur B. Woods Director Ian Dalrymple Writer
United States release June 20, 1939 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Irving Asher Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 21, 1939
Theatrical
United States · June 20, 1939
Theatrical · Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp.
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