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Skyway is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lewis D. Collins released in USA on 29 august 1933 with Ray Walker
Skyway (1933)
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Pilot "Flash" Norris (Ray Walker) is always getting into trouble with his fists, and his quick temper. His girl, Lila, (Kathryn Crawford) tries to get him to simmer down; and, convinces her father to give him a job in his bank. When the bank won’t invest in his old friend, George Taylor’s airline (George "Gabby" Hayes), Flash quits the bank.Actors
Ray Walker
(Robert "Flash" Norris)
Claude Gillingwater
(John Beaumont)
Lucien Littlefield
(Webster)
Arthur Vinton
(Jim Hamilton)
Tom Dugan
(Tug)
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