Up in the Air
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Up in the Air

"Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!"

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.

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Cast

  • Frankie Darro
    Frankie Darro
    Frankie Ryan
  • Marjorie Reynolds
    Marjorie Reynolds
    Anne Mason
  • Mantan Moreland
    Mantan Moreland
    Jeff Jefferson
  • Gordon Jones
    Gordon Jones
    Tex Barton
  • Lorna Gray
    Lorna Gray
    Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
  • Tristram Coffin
    Tristram Coffin
    Bob Farrell
  • Clyde Dilson
    Detective Lt. Marty Phillips
  • Dick Elliott
    Dick Elliott
    B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
  • John Holland
    John Holland
    Sam Quigley
  • Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    Band Leader Dick Stevens
  • Alex Callam
    Alex Callam
    Van Martin - Announcer
  • Maxine Leslie
    Stella - Switchboard Operator
  • Ralph Peters
    Ralph Peters
    Detective Delaney
  • Jack Mather
    Jack Mather
    Tim Wallace - Comic
  • Dennis Moore
    Dennis Moore
    Gag-Writer Pringle
  • Phil Kramer
    Gag-Writer
  • George Morrell
    George Morrell
    Rita Wilson Fan (uncredited)
  • Bob Terry
    Bob Terry
    Sound Engineer (uncredited)

Crew

  • Howard Bretherton
    Howard Bretherton
    Director
  • Edmond Kelso
    Screenplay
  • Edmond Kelso
    Story
  • Lindsley Parsons
    Producer
  • Fred Jackman Jr.
    Director of Photography
  • Jack Ogilvie
    Editor
  • Charles Clague
    Art Direction
  • Charles J. Bigelow
    Production Manager
  • Albert Greenwood
    Interior Designer
  • William R. Fox
    Sound Director
  • Edward J. Kay
    Music Director

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