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Sky Racket

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
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Joan Barclay and Bruce Bennett in Sky Racket (1937)
ActionDramaRomanceSci-Fi

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.

  • Director
    • Sam Katzman
  • Writer
    • Basil Dickey
  • Stars
    • Bruce Bennett
    • Joan Barclay
    • Monte Blue
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    132
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sam Katzman
    • Writer
      • Basil Dickey
    • Stars
      • Bruce Bennett
      • Joan Barclay
      • Monte Blue
    • 3User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Eric Lane - Agent 17
    • (as Herman Brix)
    Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    • Marion Bronson
    Monte Blue
    Monte Blue
    • Benjamin Arnold
    Hattie McDaniel
    Hattie McDaniel
    • Jenny
    • (as Hattie McDaniels)
    Henry Roquemore
    Henry Roquemore
    • Roger Bronson
    Duncan Renaldo
    Duncan Renaldo
    • Count Barksi
    • (as Duncan Rinaldo)
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    • Henchman Meggs
    Roger Williams
    Roger Williams
    • Henchman Nick Reagan
    Edward Earle
    Edward Earle
    • FBI Chief Maddox
    Earle Hodgins
    Earle Hodgins
    • Henchman Spike Hodgins
    Frank Wayne
    • Henchman Pete
    Ed Cassidy
    Ed Cassidy
    • FBI Agent Wilks
    Budd Buster
    Budd Buster
    • Yard Man
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Cramer
    Richard Cramer
    • Detective in Chase Car
    • (uncredited)
    Tom London
    Tom London
    • Detective in Chase Car
    • (uncredited)
    Broderick O'Farrell
    Broderick O'Farrell
    • Minister
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Parker
    Fred Parker
    • Violin Player
    • (uncredited)
    Donna Mae Roberts
    Donna Mae Roberts
    • Wedding Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sam Katzman
    • Writer
      • Basil Dickey
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    5planktonrules

    Not as bad as the plot might suggest!

    "Sky Racket" stars Herman Brix--an Olympic athlete who wisely changed his name to Bruce Bennett after starring in a few films. While neither are household names today, Bennett had a very long career and appeared in a ton of films and TV shows. Here he stars in a silly B-movie with a plot only 1930s Bs could use. Imagine--some crooks are using a death ray to knock airplanes out of the sky and Brix is sent to investigate. Believe it or not, it's the third movie with such a plot device that I've seen--and I am sure there were a few more, as death rays and airplanes were fair game in the wacky 1930s! And, incidentally, Brix starred in another film with a death ray in 1938!! With such a plot, you know you are not watching Shakespeare or a Merchant-Ivory production. However, I really think that this sort of escapism is nice for a change of pace and I love a kitschy B-movie now and again.

    So the bottom line is, is it any good or worth your time? Well, for the average viewer, it's probably not worth seeing and will be a hard sell. But, for people who love old films, it is not bad at all. In fact, like dbburroughs said in their clever review, it IS '...One of the better death ray knocks planes out of the sky films'. I sure wish I'd said that first!! Decent, silly and entertaining. Plus, it does offer something unusual--a screwball woman who actually is pretty smart and does NOT keep getting in the way!

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      This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. It's earliest documented telecast occurred Monday 29 November 1943 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1); post-WWII televiewers got their first look at it when it hit the air waves in Los Angeles Thursday 20 January 1949 on KFI (Channel 9), and in Salt Lake City Monday 13 June 1949 o KDYL (Channel 4).
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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Death Ray
    • Filming locations
      • Brandeis Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Victory Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 3m(63 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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