Q Planes

Q Planes - 1939 | 82 mins | Thriller | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Tim Whelan and Arthur B. Woods.
Producer: Irving Asher.
Script: Ian Dalrymple. (from a story by Brock Williams, Jack Whittingham and Arthur Wimperis)
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Film Editing: Hugh Stewart.
Production Design: Vincent Korda.
Art Direction: Fred Pusey.
Sound: A.W. Watkins.
Music Direction:: Muir Mathieson.

The 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

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.