It's in the Air

It's in the Air

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1935

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

It's in the Air

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1935

It's in the Air
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title It's in the Air
Directors Charles Reisner
Writers Byron Morgan, Lew Lipton, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Cast

Jack Benny

as Calvin Churchill

Ted Healy

as 'Clip' McGurk

Una Merkel

as Alice Lane Churchill

Nat Pendleton

as Henry Potke

Mary Carlisle

as Grace Gridley

Grant Mitchell

as W. R. Gridley

Harvey Stephens

as Sidney Kendall

Charles Trowbridge

as Alfred Drake

Johnny Arthur

as Jones, Photographer

Al Shean

as Mr. Johnson

Purnell Pratt

as Horace McNab

Phillips Smalley

as Mr. Winterby

Howard Hickman

as Mr. Ruby

Larry Wheat

as Tubbs

Richard Kipling

as Mr. Platt

Jim Toney

as Curly, House Detective

Maude Allen

as Mrs. Smith Burlington

Clarence Wilson

as Amos Whipple

Jean Acker

as (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

as Counterman (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

as Investigator (uncredited)

Herbert Ashley

as Boxing Bettor (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as (uncredited)

Polly Bailey

as (uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Reporter (uncredited)

Tyler Brooke

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

as Martin (uncredited)

Jack Byron

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Reporter (uncredited)

Claudia Coleman

as (uncredited)

James Conaty

as (uncredited)

Billy Dooley

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

as Old Maid (uncredited)

Harold Entwistle

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Robert Gordon

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Jean Gunn

as Little Girl with Autograph Book (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Garbage-Seeker (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

as (uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

as Double-Decker Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Isabelle Keith

as Guest at Money Auction (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Reporter (uncredited)

Addie McPhail

as (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as (uncredited)

Ivan Miller

as Maloney (uncredited)

John "Skins" Miller

as Skinny (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Man in Lobby (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

as Race Track Clerk (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

as Desert Springs Manager (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Announcer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Milton Owen

as Cashier (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Investigator (uncredited)

Richard Powell

as Fritz (uncredited)

Dean Riesner

as Brave (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Drake's Assistant (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Shirley Ross

as Cigar Stand Clerk (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon

as Mrs. Martha (uncredited)

Eddie Tamblyn

as Jockey (uncredited)

Jim Thorpe

as Indian Father (uncredited)

Richard Tucker

as Revenue Chief (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Harry Lee

as (uncredited)