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Flying Blind (1941) -- A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.

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Richard Murphy (writer)
Maxwell Shane (writer)
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Release Date:
29 August 1941 (USA) more
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SPIES IN THE SKIES! (original ad - all caps) more
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Cast

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Richard Arlen ... Jim Clark
Jean Parker ... Shirley Brooks
Nils Asther ... Eric Karolek
Marie Wilson ... Veronica Gimble
Roger Pryor ... Rocky Drake
Eddie Quillan ... Riley
Dick Purcell ... Bob Fuller
Grady Sutton ... Chester Gimble
Kay Sutton ... Miss Danila
Charlotte Henry ... Corenson's secretary
Joseph Crehan ... Nunnally
William Hall ... Lew West (test pilot)
Dwight Frye ... Leo Qualen
James Seay ... Dave (Las Vegas dispatcher)
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69 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Yawn!, 8 January 2009
3/10
Author: allenk752 from long island

A commuter airline plane(Honeymoon Airlines)-- consisting of one plane -- that flies couples to Vegas is hijacked by enemy spies to bring a new transformer for bombers across the border to Mexico. Sounds exciting? It isn't. The first half hour is more silly romantic comedy than action movie, and even when the hijack happens, the suspense is minimal, and the characters too dumb to relate to. One, a Boy Scout scoutmaster, actually starts a forest fire; another, a soon-to-be father, falls over everything in a lame attempt at slapstick. The film is a mish-mosh and not a good one.

Strangely, this B film is included in the Combat Pack (20 films)DVD collection available for $10.00 or less. The connection to "combat" or WW II is fleeting, at best.

One interesting note, though: horror film icon Dwight Frye (Renfield in the 1932/Lugosi Dracula has a small but typically over-the-top role as an enemy collaborator.

All in all . . . a yawner.

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