Clipped Wings
4.0
“A DYNAMIC DRAMA OF THE OIL FIELDS WITH SENSATIONAL SKY AND LAND BATTLES!”
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
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Cast
15 people
Lloyd Hughes
Capt. Jerry Brown / Jim Lofton
Known for
The Lost World
Rosalind Keith
Molly McGuire
Also in
Criminals of the Air
Bad Boy
William Janney
Mickey Lofton
Known for
Bonnie Scotland
George Regas
Fernando, Moran's Henchman
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Henry Otho
Sgt. Phalen
Also in
Overland Stage Raiders
Treachery Rides the Range
Richard Cramer
Moran, Jones' Henchman
Known for
Scram!
Pack Up Your Troubles
Jason Robards Sr.
Raoul McGuire
Known for
Isle of the Dead
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Joseph W. Girard
Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
Known for
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Dishonored
Glen Boles
Cecil Dunbar, Mickey's Pal
Also in
The Road to Ruin
Babbitt
Delmar Watson
Mickey Lofton, as a Boy
Known for
Heidi
Ed Cassidy
Leif Baxter, Dispatcher
Also in
Winds of the Wasteland
Wells Fargo Days
Russell Hicks
Capt. Morton
Known for
Scarlet Street
The Little Foxes
Stuart Paton Director · Paul Willett Screenplay
United States release December 2, 1937 · Produced in United States
Production
Kier Film Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 2, 1937
Theatrical
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