Legion of Lost Flyers
Cast & Crew
Christy Cabanne
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Anne Nagel
William Lundigan
Guinn "big Boy" Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After he is blamed for a fatal crash that occurred when he was forced to bail out of a transport plane, pilot Gene "Loop" Gillan joins a corps of pilots who, because of their unsavory records, have established an outpost squadron in the frozen wastelands of Alaska. Even among this legion of lost flyers, Loop has difficulty and finds himself grounded when Bill Desert, the head of the commercial airlines, refuses to hire him as a pilot. At the request of mechanic "Beef" Brumley, Bill hires Loop as a "grease jockey." Although regarded as a coward by most of the flyers, Loop is befriended by Beef and by Bill's sweetheart Paula. Loop patiently awaits the arrival of Desert pilot Ralph Perry, the man who was responsible for the crash. When Perry finally arrives at the airstrip, he admits his guilt to Loop but refuses to make a public confession. Soon afterward, while flying as a mechanic for another pilot, Loop's plane is caught in a blinding blizzard, and to silence his accuser, Perry instructs the pilot to fly too low, causing the plane to crash. When Loop survives the mishap, Perry decides to steal a gold shipment and disappear. Taking off during a blizzard, Perry crashes his plane in Galewind Canyon. When a pilot spots the injured Perry, radio broadcaster Larry Barrigan arrives on the scene to report the incident, and Loop takes off to rescue Perry. After making an impossible landing, Loop rescues the injured pilot and forces him to admit over the radio that he was flying the doomed plane. His name finally cleared, Loop is reinstated as a flyer and falls in love with Paula.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Cast
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Anne Nagel
William Lundigan
Guinn "big Boy" Williams
Ona Munson
Theodor Von Eltz
Jack Carson
Jerry Marlowe
Leon Belasco
Dave Willock
Edith Mills
Pat Flaherty
Eddy Waller
Leon Ames
Crew
Jerome Ash
Bernard B. Brown
Charles Carroll
R. A. Gausman
Harold H. Macarthur
Jack Otterson
Vaughn Paul
Ben Pivar
Ben Pivar
Hans J. Salter
George Thomas Jr.
Maurice Tombragel
Vera West
Maurice Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although a print of this film was not viewed, the above credits and plot summary were taken from a cutting continuity included in the copyright records. This film was also reviewed under the title Legion of Lost Fliers.
