When he wins $5000 in an essay contest for a breakfast cereal, small town reporter and amateur aviator Elmer Lane becomes a target for con man Doc Waddington. After the naive newsman involves gullible local businessmen in the scheme, and they discover they’ve been flim-flammed, his credibility with his friends and fiancée is shattered. In order to restore his reputation, the novice pilot needs to solve a murder and expose a bootlegging smuggling ring. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.5/10 | |
Released: | June 18, 1937 | |
Runtime: | 70 min | |
Genres: | Action Adventure Comedy | |
Companies: | RKO Pictures RKO Radio Pictures David L. Loew Productions | |
Cast: | Joe E. Brown Guy Kibbee Florence Rice Vinton Hayworth | |
Crew: | Edward Sedgwick Richard Macaulay Richard Flournoy | |
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