6.5
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Barry K. Barnes
Peter Thurloe
Joan Marion
Dorothy Houghton
Roger Livesey
Charles Houghton
Basil Radford
Bill Madison
Everley Gregg
Emily Madison
Felix Aylmer
Col. Cairns
Wallace Douglas
Agent Hooper
Henry Oscar
Porter
John Turnbull
Sir Andrew Hamilton
Edward Ashley
Stuart
Santos Casani
Foreigner
Hal Walters
Kingswell
David Davies
Detective (uncredited)
Director
David MacDonald
Screenplay
Bridget Boland
Screenplay
A.R. Rawlinson
Theatre Play
Jeffrey Dell
June 22, 2022
6
Not much to say about tis rather routine, short, pre-war espionage drama. Roger Livesey is an aeronautical engineer working with his team (Basil Bradford and Barry Barnes) on a top secret design for a test aircraft. Meantime Felix Aylmer ("Col. Cairns") is in charge of security and when he suspects the plans are being copied we have to try and suss out who the traitor is - and discover it's not just the nation that might be being betrayed. It's got an efficient script, the story doesn't hang about and there is some enjoyable aerial photography (interspersed with some rather fun toy aircraft-on-a-wire type shots too) with quite a good ending. David MacDonald does fine with what must have been a tiny budget, and it has a certain, enjoyable, generosity of spirit about it.
Status:
Released
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Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00