Clipped Wings

Clipped Wings

A DYNAMIC DRAMA OF THE OIL FIELDS WITH SENSATIONAL SKY AND LAND BATTLES!

NR 1937 · 63 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Adventure, Crime

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.

Directed by Stuart Paton · Written by Paul Willett

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Lloyd Hughes Capt. Jerry Brown / Jim Lofton
Rosalind Keith Molly McGuire
William Janney Mickey Lofton
George Regas Fernando, Moran's Henchman
Henry Otho Sgt. Phalen
Richard Cramer Moran, Jones' Henchman
Jason Robards Sr. Raoul McGuire
Joseph W. Girard Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
Glen Boles Cecil Dunbar, Mickey's Pal
Delmar Watson Mickey Lofton, as a Boy
Ed Cassidy Leif Baxter, Dispatcher
Russell Hicks Capt. Morton

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