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Pilot Barry Eldon (Ralph Bellamy) is the owner of Independent Transcontinental Lines, whose airline is in direct competition with Martin Drewen (Robert Middlemass), owner of Consolidated Airlines. With Renee Dupont (Tala Birell), a singer at a nightclub owned by Victor Arnold (Douglas Dumbrille), he believes that his airline’s air mail routes will ensure success against his rival.
Arnold decides to ally himself with Drewen, who has hired German inventor Shulter (Edward Van Sloan), the inventor of a death ray projector. With this device, they bring down three of Eldon’s aircraft. Determined to set a new transcontinental record with Wiley Post flying the racer, Eldon has the help of his girlfriend to expose his rivals and destroy their secret headquarters eventually. A new contract in Washington awaits.
Air Hawks is a 1935 American aviation-themed science fiction film based on Ben Pivar’s “Air Fury,” an unpublished story. Director Albert Rogell, who had moved from shorts to B-films, was interested in aviation and had already helmed The Flying Marine (1929) and Air Hostess (1933). In Air Hawks, the studio was able to add an A-list star, Ralph Bellamy, and exploit the fame of record-setting pilot Wiley Post in his only feature film appearance.
Although limited in budget and production values, introducing a “death ray” elevated the modest programmer into the science-fiction genre.
Cast
Ralph Bellamy as Barry
Tala Birell as Renee
Wiley Post as Himself
Douglas Dumbrille as Arnold
Robert Allen as Lewis
Billie Seward as Mona
Victor Kilian as Tiny
Robert Middlemass as Drewen
Geneva Mitchell as Gertie
Wyrley Birch as Holden
Edward Van Sloan as Shulter
Egon Brecher as Leon
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