Clipped Wings (1937)
Overview
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.
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What is Clipped Wings about?
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. Clipped Wings is a Action, Adventure, Crime movie, released on 1937-12-02, runtime 63 minutes.
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In the United States, Clipped Wings streams on fuboTV, MGM+ and Philo and can be rented from FlixFling. The table on this page lists 1 more country. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Stuart Paton
Cast
- 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
- Henry Otho as Sgt. Phalen
- 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
- Russell Hicks as Capt. Morton
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