Fugitive in the Sky (1936)

Directed by

Nick Grinde

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

58 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A commercial airliner becomes the setting for a chase after a criminal. The flight crew and a female passenger get involved in the pursuit.

dateddramaticfast-pacedaviation-themedsuspensefulproceduralbreezy

What happens

Fugitive in the Sky (aka Heroes of the Air) is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Nick Grinde and written by George Bricker. The stars are Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver, Carlyle Moore Jr., Howard Phillips, Winifred Shaw and Mary Treen. Fugitive in the Sky was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 28, 1936, a mere six months after the Paramount Pictures feature, 13 Hours by Air, considered by aviation film historian Michael Paris in From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema (1995), as a virtual "remake" of the earlier film. The Foreword at the end of opening credits stated: "The story portrayed in this production is fictitious, and is not intended to represent events which have taken place on a commercial air line ... Scheduled air transport, regulated by the Department of Commerce, is today recognized as a fast and safe form of transportation." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Death in the Air (1936)
• Without Orders (1936)
• Thirteen Hours by Air (1936)
• Flying Hostess (1936)
• Suzy (1936)
• Crack-Up (1936)
• Woman Trap (1936)
• China Clipper (1936)