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Sky Bandits (1940)

APPROVED 62 min  -  Action | Music | Sci-Fi  -   7 July 1940 (USA)
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Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company... See full summary »

Director:

Ralph Staub

Writers:

Edward Halperin (screenplay), Laurie York Erskine (novel)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
James Newill James Newill ...
Sgt. Renfrew
Louise Stanley Louise Stanley ...
Madeleine Lewis
Dewey Robinson Dewey Robinson ...
Uncle Dinwiddie
William Pawley William Pawley ...
Morgan
Joe De Stefani Joe De Stefani ...
Professor Burton Lewis (as Joseph Stefani)
Jim Farley Jim Farley ...
Inspector Warner, RCMP
Dave O'Brien Dave O'Brien ...
Constable Kelly
Karl Hackett Karl Hackett ...
Hawthorne
Ted Adams Ted Adams ...
Henchman Gary
Dwight Frye ...
Speavy
Jack Clifford Jack Clifford ...
Bob Terry Bob Terry ...
Henchman Hutchins
Kenne Duncan Kenne Duncan ...
Henchman Brownie (as Ken Duncan)
Eddie Fetherston Eddie Fetherston ...
Pilot Buzz Murphy (as Eddie Featherston)
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Storyline

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts electrical impulses, and Morgan and his gang of crooks has brought in Prof. Lewis to increase the ray's range, telling him he's helping the government develop this new weapon. Speavy spills the beans to Prof. Lewis and his daughter Madeleine,and Morgan threatens to implicate them in his crimes unless they cooperate. Morgan kills Speavy when he tries to warn Renfrew, but when Madeleine stows away on board the doomed plane Renfrew is piloting, will the crooks be able to make Prof. Lewis use the power ray to bring the plane down? Written by Sister Grimm <srgrimm@teleport.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Gold | Crook | Yukon | Scientist | Gold Shipment  | See more »

Taglines:

A PHANTOM KILLER STRIKES WITH HIS DEATH MACHINE...AND RENFREW OF THE MOUNTIES IS CALLED TO PROTECT THE AIR-WAY! See more »

Genres:

Action | Music | Sci-Fi | Western

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Criterion Pictures Corp. See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Connections

Version of Ghost Patrol (1936) See more »

Soundtracks

"Alley-Oop"
(not the 50's version)
Written by Betty Laidlaw and Robert Lively
Sung by James Newill See more »