Clipped Wings

December. 02,1937      NR
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Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.

Lloyd Hughes as  Capt. Jerry Brown / Jim Lofton
Rosalind Keith as  Molly McGuire
William Janney as  Mickey Lofton
George Regas as  Fernando, Moran's Henchman
Richard Cramer as  Moran, Jones' Henchman
Jason Robards Sr. as  Raoul McGuire
Joseph W. Girard as  Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
Glen Boles as  Cecil Dunbar, Mickey's Pal
Delmar Watson as  Mickey Lofton, as a Boy
Ed Cassidy as  Leif Baxter, Dispatcher

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Reviews

Cubussoli
1937/12/02

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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CrawlerChunky
1937/12/03

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Curapedi
1937/12/04

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Numerootno
1937/12/05

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

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