Flying G-Men | |
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Directed by |
James W. Horne Ray Taylor |
Produced by | Larry Darmour |
Written by |
Robert E. Kent Basil Dickey Sherman L. Lowe |
Starring |
Robert Paige Richard Fiske James Craig Lorna Gray |
Music by |
Morris Stoloff Sidney Cutner |
Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
Edited by | Richard Fantl |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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15 chapters (300 min) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Flying G-Men is a 15-episode 1939 Columbia Film serial. It was the sixth of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
Three government aviators, Hal Andrews (Robert Paige), Bart Davis (Richard Fiske) and John Cummings (James Craig) called the "Flying G-Men", one of whom is disguised as "The Black Falcon" (Robert Paige), fight to protect the US and its allies from an enemy spy ring and to avenge the death of the fourth Flying G-Man, Charles Bronson (Stanley Brown).
Bronson was killed when he attempted to stop enemy agents from stealing the new McKay military aircraft, designed by Billy McKay (Sammy McKim). The Junior Air Defenders are also enlisted to help the Flying G-Men. A plot to infiltrate all military factories and airports is discovered but the spy chief called "The Professor"(Forbes Murray) is unknown. Suspecting Marvin Brewster, the owner of a local airport, is The Professor. The G-Men find that he has kidnapped Babs McKay (Lorna Gray), but they follow him to the spy hideout to capture Brewster and rescue Babs.
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Flying G-Men had the services of noted aerial stunt pilot and cinematographer Paul Mantz who flew a Lockheed Sirius and Ryan ST.