The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles ReisnerDirector
- William AxtOriginal Music Composer
- Byron MorganScreenplay
- Lew LiptonScreenplay
- Herman J. MankiewiczWriter
Cast
- Jack BennyCalvin Churchill
- Ted Healy'Clip' McGurk
- Una MerkelAlice Lane Churchill
- Nat PendletonHenry Potke
- Mary CarlisleGrace Gridley
- Grant MitchellW. R. Gridley
- Harvey StephensSidney Kendall
- Charles TrowbridgeAlfred Drake
- Johnny ArthurJones, Photographer
- Al SheanMr. Johnson
- Purnell PrattHorace McNab
- Phillips SmalleyMr. Winterby
Stills
Themes
hotelairplane