ComedyMysteryThrillerScience Fiction

Q Planes

- DRAMA OF THE WAR ON SPIES!

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

Release Date : 1939-02-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Irving Asher Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Clouds Over EuropeSecret Clouds Over Europe

Cast

Character Name : Maj. Charles Hammond

Original Name : Ralph Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony McVane

Original Name : Laurence Olivier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kay Lawrence

Original Name : Valerie Hobson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Barrett

Original Name : George Merritt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenkins

Original Name : George Curzon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Viking First Mate

Original Name : Roy Emerton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karl

Original Name : Frank Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blenkinsop, Hammond's Butler

Original Name : Gus McNaughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Air Marshal Gosport

Original Name : George Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Baron

Original Name : Gordon McLeod

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stage Door Keeper

Original Name : Hay Petrie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Daphne

Original Name : Sandra Storme

Gender : Male

Character Name : R. Mackenzie

Original Name : David Tree

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Peters, a Pilot

Original Name : John Longden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pollack - Aviation Engineer

Original Name : Ronald Adam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Patrick Aherne

Gender : Male

Character Name : John - Factory Watchman

Original Name : Mark Daly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Viking Bo'sun

Original Name : David Farrar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Air Ministry Officer

Original Name : Ian Fleming

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Franklin Kelsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newspaper Editor

Original Name : John Laurie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mattie - Fisherman

Original Name : Herbert Lomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Northern Salvage Company Manager

Original Name : Raymond Lovell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barmaid

Original Name : Gertrude Musgrove

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Reginald Purdell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : John Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newspaper Boy

Original Name : John Singer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foreign Agent

Original Name : Lewis Stringer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Sgt

Original Name : Jack Vyvyan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cornish Car Driver

Original Name : Hal Walters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Eileen Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Leslie Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Henry Caine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Derek Farr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Morland Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Sally Gray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Allan Jeayes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Colin Keith-Johnston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Gregory Stroud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minor Role

Original Name : Miles Malleson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-22

When aircraft with secret gadgets aboard start disappearing all around the globe, "Maj. Hammond" (Ralph Richardson) reckons that there is something suspicious going on. His investigations - frequently interfered with by his aspiring journalist sister "Kay" (Valerie Hobson) - eventually, despite scepticism from the latest aircraft's manufacturers, manage to enrol budding pilot "McVane" (Laurence Olivier) into his cunning plan to identify and bring the perpetrators to book... As a story, it's all a bit far-fetched, but what gives it quite an edge is the really quirky - almost improv. style of delivery from Richardson. He doesn't exactly speak directly to camera, but much of his effort in this breezy espionage thriller appears more directly aimed at us (and his long-suffering butler "Blenkinsop" (Gus McNaughton)). That creates quite an enjoyable intimacy that, coupled, with quite a quickly paced series of scenarios and a better the average performance from the frequently too aloof Hobson to make for quite a fun 80-odd minutes. Even Olivier manages to shake off some of his traditionally rigid style on occasion, though it's never that far away, before an action packed denouement invoking a ray gun, a destroyer and... Ralph's umbrella! It's a hybrid of genres this, and at times is a bit of a mess - but I actually quite enjoyed it, and I'd give it a go.