Non-Stop New York (1937)
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While W.C. Fields poked fun at the asinine notion of a high-speed airplane with an open observation deck in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), the producers of the futuristic British melodrama Non-Stop New York (1937) take this notion quite seriously. The film's setpiece is a streamlined… More While W.C. Fields poked fun at the asinine notion of a high-speed airplane with an open observation deck in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), the producers of the futuristic British melodrama Non-Stop New York (1937) take this notion quite seriously. The film's setpiece is a streamlined luxury plane designed for transatlantic passenger flight (something that would not become a common occurrence until 1940). Anna Lee plays a chorus girl whose has been targeted for extermination by the London underworld because she can provide an alibi for a murder suspect. The police won't believe her, but that doesn't dissuade the syndicated hit men. Seeking escape, Lee stows away on a plane bound for New York; the gangsters follow, overpower the pilots, and parachute from the plane, leaving Lee and the passengers helplessly hurtling through the clouds. The day is saved by detective John Loder, who'd also boarded the plane in search of Lee. The climax involves an aerial fistfight on the wing of the speeding plane. If you believe this sequence, chances are you'll swallow whole the rest of Non-Stop New York: if not, you'll have a grand old time all the same. The script by (among others) Curt Siodmak and Roland Pertwee was based on Sky Steward, a novel by Ken Attiwill. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Stevenson
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 28, 1937 Wide
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Cast
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Anna Lee
as Jennie Carr
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John Loder
as Inspector Jim Grant
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Frank Cellier
as Sam Pryor
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Desmond Tester
as Arnold James
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William Dewhurst
as Mortimer
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James Pirrie
as Billy Cowper
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Francis L. Sullivan
as Hugo Brandt
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Drusilla Wills
as Mrs. Carr
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Jerry Verno
as Steward
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Athene Seyler
as Aunt Veronica
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Ellen Pollock
as Miss Harvey
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Arthur Goullet
as Henry Abel
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Peter Bull
as Spurgeon
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Tony Quinn
as Harrigan
- Athol Fleming
- Alf Goddard
- Danny Green
- Bryan Herbert
- Jack Lester
- Andrea Malandrinos
- Phyllis Morris
- Percy Parsons
- Frederick Piper
- Edward Ryan
- Alexander Sarner
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H.G. Stoker
as Captain
- Hal Walters
- Billy Watts
- Sam Wilkinson
- Roy Allen Smith
- Aubrey Pollock
- Tom Scott
- Albert Chevalier
- Desmond Tester1
