Discover
Prototype British planes are mysteriously disappearing on their test flights, and Major Hammond of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. After overcoming his initial alienation from the group, he teams up with ace pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) to try to solve the mystery. The problem is still unsolved when Tony goes up on a test flight and is brought down over the Atlantic by a ship. When taken aboard as a captive, he discovers the other missing airmen and attempts to devise a way for them to escape.
Original Release
04/25/1939
US Release
06/20/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laurence Olivier | Tony McVane |
Ralph Richardson | Major Charles Hammond / Maj. Charles Hammond |
Valerie Hobson | Kay Hammond / Kay Lawrence |
George Curzon | Jenkins |
George Merritt | Barrett / Mr. Barrett |
Gus McNaughton | Blenkinsop / Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler |
David Tree | Robert Mackenzie / R. Mackenzie |
Sandra Storme | Daphne |
Hay Petrie | Stage Door Keeper |
Frank Fox | Karl |
Directors
Writers
Brock Williams, Jack Whittingham, Arthur Wimperis, Ian Dalrymple
Cast
Name | Character |
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Laurence Olivier | Tony McVane |
Ralph Richardson | Major Charles Hammond / Maj. Charles Hammond |
Valerie Hobson | Kay Hammond / Kay Lawrence |
George Curzon | Jenkins |
George Merritt | Barrett / Mr. Barrett |
Gus McNaughton | Blenkinsop / Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler |
David Tree | Robert Mackenzie / R. Mackenzie |
Sandra Storme | Daphne |
Hay Petrie | Stage Door Keeper |
Frank Fox | Karl |
Gordon McLeod | The Baron |
John Longden | Peters / John Peters, a Pilot |
Ronald Adam | Pollack - Aviation Engineer |
Patrick Aherne | Officer |
Eileen Bennett | Minor Role |
Wallace Bosco | Bit part |
Leslie Bradley | Minor Role / Major Hammond's Assistant |
Henry Caine | Minor Role |
Noel Dainton | Northern Salvage Company employee |
Mark Daly | John - Factory Watchman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alexander Korda | Executive Producer |
Irving Asher | Producer |