Sky Racket

1937
Approved
1 Std. 3 Min.

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Joan Barclay and Bruce Bennett in Sky Racket (1937)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.

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4,5/10

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Bruce Bennett

Eric Lane - Agent 17
(as Herman Brix)

Joan Barclay

Marion Bronson

Monte Blue

Benjamin Arnold

Hattie McDaniel

Jenny
(as Hattie McDaniels)

Henry Roquemore

Roger Bronson

Duncan Renaldo

Count Barksi
(as Duncan Rinaldo)

Jack Mulhall

Henchman Meggs

Roger Williams

Henchman Nick Reagan

Edward Earle

FBI Chief Maddox

Earle Hodgins

Henchman Spike Hodgins

Frank Wayne

Henchman Pete

Ed Cassidy

FBI Agent Wilks

Budd Buster

Yard Man
(Nicht genannt)

Richard Cramer

Detective in Chase Car
(Nicht genannt)

Tom London

Detective in Chase Car
(Nicht genannt)

Broderick O'Farrell

Minister
(Nicht genannt)

Fred Parker

Violin Player
(Nicht genannt)

Donna Mae Roberts

Wedding Guest
(Nicht genannt)

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This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. It's earliest documented telecast occurred Monday 29 November 1943 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1); post-WWII televiewers got their first look at it when it hit the air waves in Los Angeles Thursday 20 January 1949 on KFI (Channel 9), and in Salt Lake City Monday 13 June 1949 o KDYL (Channel 4).

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Written by Charles Williams
Performed by Charles Williams

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5/10

Not as bad as the plot might suggest!

"Sky Racket" stars Herman Brix--an Olympic athlete who wisely changed his name to Bruce Bennett after starring in a few films. While neither are household names today, Bennett had a very long career and appeared in a ton of films and TV shows. Here he stars in a silly B-movie with a plot only 1930s Bs could use. Imagine--some crooks are using a death ray to knock airplanes out of the sky and Brix is sent to investigate. Believe it or not, it's the third movie with such a plot device that I've seen--and I am sure there were a few more, as death rays and airplanes were fair game in the wacky 1930s! And, incidentally, Brix starred in another film with a death ray in 1938!! With such a plot, you know you are not watching Shakespeare or a Merchant-Ivory production. However, I really think that this sort of escapism is nice for a change of pace and I love a kitschy B-movie now and again.

So the bottom line is, is it any good or worth your time? Well, for the average viewer, it's probably not worth seeing and will be a hard sell. But, for people who love old films, it is not bad at all. In fact, like dbburroughs said in their clever review, it IS '...One of the better death ray knocks planes out of the sky films'. I sure wish I'd said that first!! Decent, silly and entertaining. Plus, it does offer something unusual--a screwball woman who actually is pretty smart and does NOT keep getting in the way!