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58% Critic Match
Up in the Air
“Frankie 'scoops' the police and traps the killer!”
5.8 / 10• 1940• 1h 2m•NR• English
ComedyMysteryDramaMusic
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Frankie Darro
Frankie Ryan
Lead
Marjorie Reynolds
Anne Mason
Mantan Moreland
Jeff Jefferson
Gordon Jones
Tex Barton
Lorna Gray
Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton
Tristram Coffin
Bob Farrell
CD
Clyde Dilson
Detective Lt. Marty Phillips
Dick Elliott
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Bretherton's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Up in the Air is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
