Sky Raiders
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| Directed by |
Ford Beebe Ray Taylor |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Eliot Gibbons Clarence Upson Young Paul Huston |
| Starring |
Donald Woods Billy Halop Robert Armstrong Eduardo Ciannelli Kathryn Adams |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash William A. Sickner |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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12 chapters (227 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sky Raiders is a 12-episode 1941 Universal film serial. The serial was directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. Sky Raiders stars Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong and Eduardo Ciannelli.
Former World War I ace pilot Captain Bob Dayton, (Donald Woods) is the owner of Sky Raiders, Inc., an aircraft factory. He has designed a new high speed fighter aircraft, the Sky Raider and bombsight. Nazi agent Felix Lynx (Eduardo Ciannelli) attempts to steal these designs for his own country. Dayton recruits young Tim Bryant (Billy Halop), a member of Air Youth of America, to help him. Attempts to steal the fighter prototype fail.
The new bombsight is being tested in Hawaii, and Lynx intercepts a Boeing 314 Clipper on the way to Honolulu. After it is shot down, Bob and his secretary Mary Blake (Kathryn Adams) were rescued by a government cutter. Lieutenant Carry (Robert Armstrong) and Tim meet the survivors but find that Lynx has sent his henchmen to finish the job. The foreign agents are killed when they hit an oncoming truck. Mary announces that she has become Mrs. Dayton.
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Many exterior shots for Sky Raiders were made at the Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, California. A Phillips 1-B Aeroneer appears in the serial.
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