USA, 1936
9m
35mm film, black and white
mono, English
An American borderline horror film directed by Elmer Clifton.
Plot Summary
A team investigating a series of mysterious of air crashes cross paths with a maniacal former pilot using aircraft to kill his victims.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Elmer Clifton
Copyright MCMXXXVI [1936]
Fanchon Royer presents
Executive Producers:
Produced by: Fanchon Royer
Screenstory: Bernard McConville
Adaptation: Charles R. Condon
Photography: James Diamond, Art Reed
Editor: Carl Himm
Sound Recording: Carson Jowett
Art Director: F. Paul Sylos
Cast
Lona Andre (Helen Gage)
John Carroll (Jerry Blackwood)
Leon Ames (Carl Goering)
Henry Hall (Henry Goering)
John S. Peters (Lieut. Baron von Guttard)
Gaston Glass (Lieut. Rene la Rue)
Pat Somerset (Capt. Roland Saunders)
Wheeler Oakman (Lieut. Douglas Thompson)
Reed Howes (Lieut. John Ives)
John Elliott (Doctor Norris)
Willard Kent (Inspector Gallagher)
???? (Pilot X)
Alternative Titles
Death in the Sky – working title
Murder in the Air – UK
The Mysterious Bombardier – USA (re-release)
Pilot X – USA (re-release)
Le pilote X – France
El piloto X – Mexico
References
Periodicals
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.3 no.36 (December 1936) p.219
Books
- Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition by George E. Turner and Michael H. Price pp.260-261 – credits, synopsis, review
