Q Planes (1939)

6.0/10 82 min Thriller Mystery

Overview

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

Cast

Ralph Richardson

Maj. Charles Hammond

Laurence Olivier

Tony McVane

Valerie Hobson

Kay Lawrence

George Merritt

Mr. Barrett

George Curzon

Jenkins

Roy Emerton

Viking First Mate

Gus McNaughton

Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler

George Butler

Air Marshal Gosport

Gordon McLeod

The Baron

Hay Petrie

Stage Door Keeper

Sandra Storme

Daphne

David Tree

R. Mackenzie

John Longden

John Peters, a Pilot

Ronald Adam

Pollack - Aviation Engineer

Patrick Aherne

Officer

David Farrar

Viking Bo'sun

Ian Fleming

Air Ministry Officer

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