Up in the Air

Sep 9, 1940

1h 2m

★ 5.5

Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!

Overview

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Lindsley Parsons Picture Corporation

Up in the Air Trailers

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Cast

Frankie Ryan

Frankie Darro

Anne Mason

Marjorie Reynolds

Jeff Jefferson

Mantan Moreland

Tex Barton

Gordon Jones

Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton

Lorna Gray

Bob Farrell

Tristram Coffin

Detective Lt. Marty Phillips

Clyde Dilson

B. J. Hastings, Station Owner

Dick Elliott

Sam Quigley

John Holland

Band Leader Dick Stevens

Carleton Young

Van Martin - Announcer

Alex Callam

Stella - Switchboard Operator

Maxine Leslie

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