Air Patrol
Cast & Crew
Maury Dexter
Willard Parker
Merry Anders
Robert Dix
John Holland
Russ Bender
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A valuable Fragonard painting is stolen from art dealer Arthur Murcott's office by a thief who carries it to the roof of the building, where a helicopter awaits him. It seems to be a perfect getaway. The Los Angeles Police Department assigns three detectives to investigate the case, and they learn that the night watchman had noticed a helicopter flying over the building on the night of the crime. Sergeant Castle checks on all helicopter operators and becomes suspicious of Oliver Dunning, who has recently acquired a helicopter. Castle's partners question Millard Nolan, an aging actor and art collector who originally commissioned Murcott to buy the painting but was forced to cancel the purchase. Murcott receives a phone call demanding $100,000 ransom for the painting. His secretary, Mona Whitney, prepares to take the money to the Hollywood Bowl, where she is told she will find the Fragonard. Meanwhile, Nolan pushes Dunning from a rooftop and then picks up the ransom money, but he is spotted as he drives onto the freeway. Sergeant Castle takes pursuit by helicopter, and Nolan, cornered on top of a river dam, falls after being shot by the police.
Director
Maury Dexter
Cast
Willard Parker
Merry Anders
Robert Dix
John Holland
Russ Bender
Douglass Dumbrille
George Eldredge
Ivan Bonar
Jack Younger
Glen Marshall
Ray Dannis
Stacey Winters
Larue Farlow
Crew
William Bernds
Jodie Copelan
Jack Cornall
Betty Crosby
Henry Cross
Maury Dexter
Albert Glasser
Mike Gordon
Willard Kirkham
Harold E. Knox
Harry M. Leonard
Bob Mark
John Nickolaus Jr.
Harry Reif
Ray Summers
Jack Woolf
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Henry Cross is a pseudonym for Harry Spalding.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 1962
CinemaScope
Released in United States Summer July 1962
