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6.4/10   61 votes
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Director:
Howard Bretherton
Writer:
Edmond Kelso (original story and screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 September 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Mystery more
Tagline:
We Interrupt This Program Because Of...MURDER! more
Plot:
A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Race Free Comedy Film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frankie Darro ... Frankie Ryan
Marjorie Reynolds ... Anne Mason
Mantan Moreland ... Jeff Jefferson
Gordon Jones ... Tex Barton
Lorna Gray ... Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Tristram Coffin ... Bob Farrell
Clyde Dilson ... Detective Lt. Marty Phillips
Dick Elliott ... B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
John Holland ... Sam Quigley
Carleton Young ... Band Leader Dick Stevens
Alex Callam ... Van Martin - Announcer
Maxine Leslie ... Stella - Switchboard Operator
Ralph Peters ... Detective Delaney
Jack Mather ... Tim Wallace - Comic
Dennis Moore ... Gag-Writer Pringle
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Additional Details

Runtime:
62 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #6433) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Soundtrack:
Oh, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
A Race Free Comedy Film, 25 April 2004
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Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland made several movie together in the 1930's and 40's where they were pretty much on equal footing with each other despite everything that was going on around them. They were the stereotypical buddies of the buddy film. Normally that wouldn't mean much except that Darro was white and Moreland was black and in every other film of their time no one could be as they were unless they both were white.

Race has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of Up in the Air, which concerns a series of murders at a radio station. I mention the fact notion of race simply because the script for this movie was used two or three more times with out nary a change for white co-stars.

The fact that the script was re-used is also an very good indication that the film is a very good one. No its not flawless, there are little bumps here and there and a couple of jumps in logic, but as excuse for murder and silliness in the typical Hollywood style one need not look much farther than this film.



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