Without Orders (1936)

Director:

Lew Landers

Writers:

J. Robert Bren (screen play) and
Edmund L. Hartmann (screen play) ...
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Release Date:

23 October 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Bartender | Sister | Portland Oregon | Airplane Accident | Salt Lake City Utah

Cast

Sally Eilers	...	Kay Armstrong
Robert Armstrong	...	Wad. Madison
Frances Sage	...	Penny Armstrong
Charley Grapewin	...	J.P. Kendrick
Vinton Hayworth	...	Len Kendrick
Ward Bond	...	Tim Casey
Frank M. Thomas	...	Arthur Trueman
May Boley	...	Mrs. Maddy Overhose
Arthur Loft	...	Air Controller Calkins
Walter Miller	...	Commerce Airline Inspector
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hooper Atchley	...	Worried Man Awaiting Salt Lake Flight (uncredited)
Edith Craig	...	Worried Lady Awaiting Salt Lake Flight (uncredited)
Alan Curtis	...	Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Robert Frazer	...	CCC Camp Supervisor (uncredited)
Eddie Hart	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Grace Hayle	...	Fat Lady at Airport (uncredited)
Al Hill	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Jans	...	Passenger Seeing Len Bail Out (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Pilot at Airport (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Radio Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Jake - the Airport Guard (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Helen Westcott	...	Little Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Lew Landers

Writing credits
J. Robert Bren		(screen play) and
Edmund L. Hartmann		(screen play)
Peter B. Kyne		(from a story by)

Produced by
Cliff Reid	....	associate producer
Samuel J. Briskin	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
J. Roy Hunt		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Desmond Marquette		(edited by)

Art Direction by
Van Nest Polglase

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Kerr	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Alfred Herman	....	associate art director (as Al Herman)

Sound Department
John E. Tribby	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Vernon L. Walker	....	special effects (as Vernon Walker)

Music Department
Max Steiner	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Roy Webb	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures (presents) (as RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.)

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1936) (USA) (theatrical) (An RKO Radio Picture)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)

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Runtime:

64 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #2499) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

The "Amalgamated Airlines" plane is a Boeing 247.

Very well done aviation melodrama.

I thought the story line quite engaging, the acting quite good, and the special effects excellent for the era and , I suspect, limited budget. All the details were quite accurate and the comments of the other reviewers display an unfamiliarity with the Boeing airliner in question which certainly had emergency hatches as that which ward Bond opened in his effort to remove ice on the plane's antenna wire. In fact it displayed in detail how he had to unbolt the hatch.

Considering what was accomplished with limited resources I gave the film nine stars. That lovely view of the classic coffin nose Cord roadster posed in front of the Boeing is worth the price of admission.