It's in the Air

It's in the Air

THEY PUT A NEW HIGH IN HILARITY!

NR 1935 · 80 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Charles Reisner · Written by Byron Morgan

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