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Q Planes( 1939)

TV-MAComedyMysteryThrillerScience Fiction
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DRAMA OF THE WAR ON SPIES!

Overview

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ralph Richardson

      Maj. Charles Hammond

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      Laurence Olivier

      Tony McVane

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      Valerie Hobson

      Kay Lawrence

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      George Merritt

      Mr. Barrett

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      George Curzon

      Jenkins

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      Roy Emerton

      Viking First Mate

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      Frank Fox

      Karl

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      Gus McNaughton

      Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler

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      George Butler

      Air Marshal Gosport

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      Gordon McLeod

      The Baron

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      Hay Petrie

      Stage Door Keeper

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      Sandra Storme

      Daphne

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      David Tree

      R. Mackenzie

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      John Longden

      John Peters, a Pilot

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      Ronald Adam

      Pollack - Aviation Engineer

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      Patrick Aherne

      Officer

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      Mark Daly

      John - Factory Watchman

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      David Farrar

      Viking Bo'sun

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      Ian Fleming

      Air Ministry Officer

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      Franklin Kelsey

      Inspector

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      John Laurie

      Newspaper Editor

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      Herbert Lomas

      Mattie - Fisherman

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      Raymond Lovell

      Northern Salvage Company Manager

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      Gertrude Musgrove

      Barmaid

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      Reginald Purdell

      Pilot

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      John Robinson

      Pilot

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      John Singer

      Newspaper Boy

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      Lewis Stringer

      Foreign Agent

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      Jack Vyvyan

      Police Sgt

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      Hal Walters

      Cornish Car Driver

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      Eileen Bennett

      Minor Role

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      Leslie Bradley

      Minor Role

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      Henry Caine

      Minor Role

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      Derek Farr

      Minor Role

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      Morland Graham

      Minor Role

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      Sally Gray

      Minor Role

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      Allan Jeayes

      Minor Role

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      Colin Keith-Johnston

      Minor Role

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      Gregory Stroud

      Minor Role

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      Miles Malleson

      Minor Role

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    When aircraft with secret gadgets aboard start disappearing all around the globe, "Maj. Hammond" (Ralph Richardson) reckons that there is something suspicious going on. His investigations - frequently interfered with by his aspiring journalist sister "Kay" (Valerie Hobson) - eventually, despite scepticism from the latest aircraft's manufacturers, manage to enrol budding pilot "McVane" (Laurence Olivier) into his cunning plan to identify and bring the perpetrators to book... As a story, it's all a bit far-fetched, but what gives it quite an edge is the really quirky - almost improv. style of del...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • bureaucracy
    • spy
    • murder
    • aviation
    • woman reporter
    • sabotage
    • umbrella
    • denial
    • screwball comedy
    • aircraft factory
    • test pilot
    • ray gun
    • spy ring
    • infiltrator
    • experimental aircraft
    • salvage ship
    • quisling