13 Hours by Air
(1936)
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13 Hours by Air
(1936)
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Fred MacMurray | ... |
Jack Gordon
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Joan Bennett | ... |
Felice Rollins
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Zasu Pitts | ... |
Miss Harkins
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John Howard | ... |
Freddie Scott - Co-Pilot
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Benny Bartlett | ... |
Waldemar Pitt III
(as Bennie Bartlett)
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Grace Bradley | ... |
Trixie La Brey
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Alan Baxter | ... |
Curtis Palmer
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Brian Donlevy | ... |
Dr. James L. Evarts
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Ruth Donnelly | ... |
Vi Johnson - Stewardess
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Fred Keating | ... |
Count Gregore Stephani
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Adrienne Marden | ... |
Ann McKenna - Stewardess
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Dean Jagger | ... |
Hap Waller
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Mildred Stone | ... |
Ruth Bradford - Stewardess
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Jack Mulhall | ... |
Horace Lander - Reservations Clerk
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Clyde Dilson | ... |
Fat Richhauser
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"Thirteen Hours by Air" is a fun little movie that's quick, surprising, and doesn't overstay its welcome. Mitchell Leisen, an underrated director, is usually associated with screwball comedy or romantic melodrama, and there's a little of each in this film, but it's a pleasant surprise to see that he can handle a brisk thriller as well. Like most movies featuring airplane trips, it includes a hodgepodge of characters involved in separate plots, but they blend together nicely, and the script includes a few neat twists that are bound to surprise anyone expecting the usual cliches. MacMurray and Bennett make an appealing team, ZaSu Pitts is, as usual, a joy, and the various airports are designed in an eye-catching art deco style. It's not a classic, but it's certainly a much better film than I expected, and it deserves to be rescued from whatever deep, dark closet it has been hidden in for too many years.