USA, 1940
62m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American science fiction film directed by Ralph Staub.
Plot Summary
Renfrew and Kelly of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate the disappearance of an aircraft carrying a consignment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. They discover that the inventor Speavy has built a ray gun that disrupts electrical impulses and that crime boss Morgan and his gang are using it for their own ends.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Ralph Staub
Copyright MCMXL [1940] by Criterion Pictures Corp.
Criterion Pictures present. A Monogram production
Screen Play by: Edward Halperin
Suggested by the Novel Renfrew Rides the Sky by: Laurie York Erskine
Photographed by: Mack Stengler
Film Editor: Martin Cohn
Cast
James Nevill (Renfrew)
Louise Stanley (Madeleine Lewis)
Dewey Robinson (Dinwiddie)
William Pawley (Morgan)
Joseph Stefani (Prof Lewis)
Jim Farley (Inspector Warner)
Dave O’Brien (Kelly)
Karl Hackett (Hawthorne)
Ted Adams (Gary)
Dwight Frye (Speavy)
Jack Clifford (Whispering Smith)
Bob Terry (Rolf Hutchins)
Ken Duncan [real name: Kenne Duncan] (Brownie)
Eddie Featherston [real name: Eddie Fetherston] (Buzz Murphy)
References
Periodicals
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.9 no.100 (April 1942) p.48
- Today’s Cinema vol.58 no.4703 (27 March 1942)
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.108
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.455
- The Monogram Checklist by Ted Okuda pp.101-102 – credits, synopsis
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.443 – credits
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.175
