Up in the Air
5.7
“Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!”
A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.
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Cast
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Frankie Darro
Frankie Ryan
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Marjorie Reynolds
Anne Mason
Known for
Ministry of Fear
Holiday Inn
Mantan Moreland
Jeff Jefferson
Known for
King of the Zombies
Spider Baby
Gordon Jones
Tex Barton
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Foreign Affair
Lorna Gray
Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Also in
The Man They Could Not Hang
Captain America
Tristram Coffin
Bob Farrell
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
Good Neighbor Sam
Clyde Dilson
Detective Lt. Marty Phillips
Also in
The Green Hornet
13 Hours by Air
Dick Elliott
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Christmas in Connecticut
John Holland
Sam Quigley
Known for
My Fair Lady
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Carleton Young
Band Leader Dick Stevens
Known for
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Alex Callam
Van Martin - Announcer
Also in
The Invisible Killer
The Miracle Kid
Maxine Leslie
Stella - Switchboard Operator
Also in
Fugitive of the Plains
The Lone Rider Ambushed
Howard Bretherton Director · Edmond Kelso Screenplay Fred Jackman Jr. Cinematographer
United States release September 9, 1940 · Produced in United States · Production Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 9, 1940
Theatrical
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