Pirates of the Skies
Released: 1939Runtime: 65 min
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
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Kent Taylor
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Rochelle Hudson
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Regis Toomey
as Pilot Bill Lambert
Marion Martin
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Samuel S Hinds
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Ray Walker
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Lucien Littlefield
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Stanley Andrews
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Frank Puglia
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