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13 Hours by Air is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mitchell Leisen released in USA on 30 april 1936 with Fred MacMurray
13 Hours by Air (1936)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 april 1936
Length 1h17
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
OriginUSA
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Rating62%
13 Hours by Air (aka 20 Hours by Air) is a 1936 drama film made by Paramount Pictures and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film stars Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Kenyon Nicholson and Bogart Rogers, based on story Wild Wings by Bogart Rogers and Frank Mitchell Dazey. 13 Hours by Air was also the forerunner of the disaster film, a genre featuring a complex, heavily character-driven ensemble cast film, exploring the personal dramas and interactions that develop among the passengers and crew as they deal with a deadly onboard emergency.
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Airline pilot Jack Gordon (Fred MacMurray) on a flight from New York to San Francisco, is immediately attracted to beautiful passenger Felice Rollins (Joan Bennett). Known as a "lady's man", he betting stewardess Vi Johnson (Ruth Donnelly) that he will take Felice out to dinner that evening. A jewel robbery is in the news and a beautiful blonde is implicated, with Jack suspecting that Felice may be the culprit. On a stop over in Chicago, Jack learns instead that his passenger is a wealthy socialite at odds with another passenger, Count Stephani (Fred Keating). Jack worries that he may have a crisis involving the Count when he finds Stephani has a gun aboard. Other passengers include Dr. Evarts (Brian Donlevy) and Curtis Palmer (Alan Baxter, both of whom seem to be harboring a secret.Actors
Fred MacMurray
(Jack Gordon)
Joan Bennett
(Felice Rollins)
Zasu Pitts
(Miss Harkins)
Brian Donlevy
(James Evarts)
Alan Baxter
(Curtis Palmer)
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