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High Flyers (1937)

High Flyers poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy team gets into a series of mix-ups at a high society estate. Their final film together involves mistaken identities and musical numbers.

lightheartedfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalenergeticcomicdated

What happens

High Flyers (aka The Kangaroos) is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Cline and starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey in their final film together. Robert Woolsey died less than a year after the film was released. The supporting cast includes Lupe Vélez, Margaret Dumont, Marjorie Lord, Paul Harvey and Jack Carson. The film was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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