Fugitive in the Sky

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Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is o... Read allReporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story. When the plane makes a stop... Read allReporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story. When the plane makes a stop in New Mexico, passenger Mrs. Tristo buys a hunting knife from an Indian. Late that night... Read all

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Jean Muir

Rita Moore

Warren Hull

Terry Brewer

Gordon Oliver

Bob White

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Johnny Martin

Howard Phillips

'Killer' Madsen

Wini Shaw

Autumn Day
(as Winifred Shaw)

Mary Treen

Agatha Ormsby

John Litel

Mike Phelan - aka Roger Johnson

Bill Elliott

Ramon Duval
(as Gordon Elliott)

Nedda Harrigan

Mrs. Katie Tristo

John Kelly

Kid Couch

Joe Cunningham

Spike

Don Barclay

Ronald DeWitt

Charley Foy

Steve Fanning
(as Charles Foy)

Spencer Charters

Henry Staeger

Lillian Harmer

Martha Staeger

Thomas E. Jackson

Dave Brandon
(as Tom Jackson)

Philip Armenta

Albuqerque Indian
(uncredited)

Director
- Nick Grinde
Writer
- George Bricker
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Trivia
The airplane in the film is a Ford Tri-Motor. 199 were built between 1926 and 1933. It was the first all-metal commercial passenger airliner and saw service throughout the world. Although the corrugated aluminum skin was extremely robust, it contributed to significant drag that hampered the plane's performance. It was soon outclassed by the Douglas DC-2 and Boeing 247.

Goofs
Biplanes are shown in flight sent to rescue the passengers and crew, but when two land, they are monoplanes.

Quotes
Mrs. Katie Tristo: How much?
Albuqerque indian: Three dollars.
Mrs. Katie Tristo: Three dollars? Why that's terribly expensive!
Albuqerque indian: Good knife, you no want, give back.
Mrs. Katie Tristo: You wont even haggle will you? Someone told me I simply must haggle when dealing with an Indian.
Albuqerque indian: Indian no haggle!
Mrs. Katie Tristo: Very well, I'll take it. Here you are my good man, three dollars.
Albuqerque indian: Nine cents more. Sales tax. Government no haggle either!
Mrs. Katie Tristo: You Indians!

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6/10

One wild ride

Fugitive In the Sky is an hour of non-stop thrills delivered by the 'B' team at Warner Brothers. Heck, with no stars worth mentioning and director Nick Grinde behind the camera, it's the 'B' team's 'B' team at that. Nonetheless, thanks to some outstanding miniature work, good set design, a game cast, an exciting screenplay, and some ridiculous but vastly entertaining plot twists, this remains one of the most enjoyable bill fillers of the period. Howard Phillips does a nice job as psycho 'Killer' Madsen, Jean Muir is fine as self assured stewardess Rita Moore, and watch out for those disguises! Besides being one of the first films--if not THE first--to establish many of the plot devices and cliches that would be further developed in films from Zero Hour (1957) to Airport 1977 (1977), Fugitive In the Sky also features cross-dressing, a bleak Dust Bowl farm straight out of the Universal horror playbook, and the best cockpit set this side of Plan 9 From Outer Space. An unusual and surprisingly satisfying effort.