Clipped Wings

Clipped Wings

Crime, Action, Adventure | Dec. 2, 1937

Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.

Clipped Wings

Crime, Action, Adventure | Dec. 2, 1937

Clipped Wings
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
IMDb rating 4.0
Producers Kier Film Company
Original title Clipped Wings
Directors Stuart Paton
Writers Paul Willett

Cast

Lloyd Hughes

as Capt. Jerry Brown / Jim Lofton

Rosalind Keith

as Molly McGuire

William Janney

as Mickey Lofton

George Regas

as Fernando, Moran's Henchman

Henry Otho

as Sgt. Phalen

Richard Cramer

as Moran, Jones' Henchman

Jason Robards Sr.

as Raoul McGuire

Joseph W. Girard

as Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon

Glen Boles

as Cecil Dunbar, Mickey's Pal

Delmar Watson

as Mickey Lofton, as a Boy

Ed Cassidy

as Leif Baxter, Dispatcher

Russell Hicks

as Capt. Morton

Rosa Turich

as Carla the McGuire Maid

Frank Hagney

as Terrell

Larry Steers

as Jones