Air Mail
Air Mail is a 1932 American pre-Code adventure film directed by John Ford, based on a story by Dale Van Every and Frank "Spig" Wead. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress.
Plot
Pilot Mike Miller (Ralph Bellamy) owns and operates Desert Airport, an air mail base at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He leads a group of young pilots who risk their lives flying through dangerous weather and over treacherous terrain to deliver air mail. When Joe Barnes (Ward Bond) crashes at the base, the other pilots attempt to retrieve the precious mail from the burning wreckage. Mike consoles his girlfriend Ruth (Gloria Stuart), who is also Joe's sister. Mike now realizes that he has to hire a replacement, the reckless "Duke" Talbot (Pat O'Brien).
Cast
- Billy Thorpe
- David Landau
- Edmund Burns
- Francis Ford
- Frank Albertson
- Frank Beal
- George Irving
- Gloria Stuart
- Harry Tenbrook
- Jack Pennick
- James Donlan
- James Flavin
- Jim Thorpe
- Katherine Perry
- Leslie Fenton
- Lilian Bond
- Pat O'Brien
- Ralph Bellamy
- Russell Hopton
- Slim Summerville
- Thomas Carrigan
- Wade Boteler
- Ward Bond
More details
| author | Dale Van Every Frank Wead |
|---|---|
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Harry W. Lieb |
| events | aviation |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | burn distress call fly injured rescue rock rocky mountains snow storm trap |
| musicBy | Gilbert Kurland |
| producer | Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| productionCompany | Universal Studios |
| publisher | Universal Studios |