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Up in the Air(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-09-09
53%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 2m
Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!
Overview:
A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Monogram Pictures
Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation
Movie: Up in the Air
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Dick Elliott
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
John Holland
Sam Quigley
Carleton Young
Band Leader Dick Stevens
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