Q Planes
Q Planes – 1939 | 82 mins | Thriller | B&W
Plot Synopsis
Q Planes is a light-hearted spy thriller, the story involves Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson), who is called in to investigate the disappearance of experimental bombers during their test flights. He discovers the owner’s secretary Jenkins (George Curzon) is the ‘inside man’ but Jenkins is shot before he can talk. Hammond’s sister Kay (Valerie Hobson) enlists the help of Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier), a test pilot whose plane is brought down by men in a salvage ship with a radio beam. After a shipboard fight, the gang is captured.
Production Team
Tim Whelan: Director
Arthur B Woods: Director
Fred Pusey: Art Direction
Harry Stradling Sr: Cinematography
Hugh Stewart: Film Editing
Irving Asher: Producer
Vincent Korda: Production Design
Arthur Wimperis: Script
Jack Whittingham: Script
Ian Dalrymple: Script
AW Watkins: Sound
Cast
Laurence Olivier: Tony McVane
Ralph Richardson: Charles Hammond
Valerie Hobson: Kay Hammond
George Curzon: Jenkins
George Merritt: Mr Barrett
Gus McNaughton: Blenkinsop
David Tree: R Mackenzie
Sandra Storme: Daphne
Hay Petrie Stage: Door Keeper
