The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
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It's ironic that leading man Jack Holt, who in real life was deathly afraid of flying, should appear in so many aviation-oriented pictures. In The Great Plane Robbery, racketeer Joe Colson (Noel Madison) is released from jail three months before the expiration of his $500,000 life insurance policy. The plane on which Colson's flying home is hijacked by several of his old underworld cronies, who hope to collect on the policy by killing Joe-and, of necessity, everyone else on board. But insurance investigator Mike Henderson (Jack Holt), another passenger, isn't about to let that happen. The first half of the film is a mini-"Grand Hotel", giving way to three climactic reels of nonstop action and suspense. The heroine is played by Vicki Lester, who "borrowed" her screen name from the character played by Janet Gaynor in the original A Star is Born (1937). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jack Holt - Mike Henderson
- Vicki Lester - Helen Carver
- Granville Owen - Jim Day
- Hobart Cavanaugh - Homer Pringle
- Paul Fix - Eddie Lindo
- John Hamilton - Dr. Jamison
- Lane Chandler - Bill Whitcomb
- Stanley Fields - Frankie Toller
- Noel Madison - Joe Colson
- Theodore Von Eltz - Rod Brothers
- Milburn Stone - Krebber
- Harry Cording - Nick Harmon
- Doris Lloyd - Mrs. Jamison
- Director(s):
- Lewis D. Collins
- Writer(s):
- Albert E. DeMond
- Producer(s):
- Larry Darmour
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