Q Planes
Synopsis
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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Principal cast & crew: 40
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Cast & Crew
40 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ralph Richardson
as Maj. Charles Hammond
Laurence Olivier
as Tony McVane
Valerie Hobson
as Kay Lawrence
George Merritt
as Mr. Barrett
George Curzon
as Jenkins
Roy Emerton
as Viking First Mate
Frank Fox
as Karl
Gus Mcnaughton
as Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler
George Butler
as Air Marshal Gosport
Gordon Mcleod
as The Baron
Hay Petrie
as Stage Door Keeper
Sandra Storme
as Daphne
Supporting cast
28David Tree
as R. Mackenzie
John Longden
as John Peters, a Pilot
Ronald Adam
as Pollack - Aviation Engineer
Patrick Aherne
as Officer
Mark Daly
as John - Factory Watchman
David Farrar
as Viking Bo'sun
Ian Fleming
as Air Ministry Officer
Franklin Kelsey
as Inspector
John Laurie
as Newspaper Editor
Herbert Lomas
as Mattie - Fisherman
Raymond Lovell
as Northern Salvage Company Manager
Gertrude Musgrove
as Barmaid
Reginald Purdell
as Pilot
John Robinson
as Pilot
John Singer
as Newspaper Boy
Lewis Stringer
as Foreign Agent
Jack Vyvyan
as Police Sgt
Hal Walters
as Cornish Car Driver
Eileen Bennett
as Minor Role
Leslie Bradley
as Minor Role
Henry Caine
as Minor Role
Derek Farr
as Minor Role
Morland Graham
as Minor Role
Sally Gray
as Minor Role
Allan Jeayes
as Minor Role
Colin Keith Johnston
as Minor Role
Gregory Stroud
as Minor Role
Miles Malleson
as Minor Role
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