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Pirates of the Skies (1939)

Pirates of the Skies poster
Directed by
Joseph A. McDonough
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of pilots find themselves in danger when their planes are targeted by criminals. The film follows their efforts to stop the aerial attacks.

fast-pacedadventurousthrillinglighthearteddatedaction-orientedstraightforward

What happens

Pirates of the Skies (aka Plane 66) is a 1939 American action film directed by Joseph A. McDonough and written by Lester Cole and Ben Grauman Kohn. The film stars Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Regis Toomey, Marion Martin, Samuel S. Hinds, Ray Walker and Lucien Littlefield. Pirates of the Skies was released on February 3, 1939, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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