Wings over Africa

Wings over Africa

1936
1h 3m
6.0

6.0/10

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"Adventure Romance and Death in the Jungle!"

Overview

Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Premier-Stafford Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date September 23, 1936
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0029783

Cast

Joan Gardner
Joan Gardner

Carol Reade

Ian Colin
Ian Colin

Tony Cooper

James Harcourt
James Harcourt

Wilkins

James Carew
James Carew

Norton

James Craven
James Craven

John Trevor

Alan Napier
Alan Napier

Redfern

Phil Thomas
Phil Thomas

Quincey

Charles Oliver
Charles Oliver

Collins

Rufus Fennell
Rufus Fennell

Saoud

Key Crew

Ladislao Vajda
Director
Reginald Long
Screenplay
Patrick Kirwan
Screenplay
John Stafford
Producer