Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ford Beebe
Clifford Smith
(as Cliff Smith)

Writing Credits

Eddie Rickenbacker
(based on the newspaper feature "Ace Drummond" created by) (as Captain Eddie Rickenbacker)
Wyndham Gittens
(screenplay) &
Norman S. Hall
(screenplay) &
Ray Trampe
(screenplay)

Cast

John 'Dusty' King
Ace Drummond
Jean Rogers
Peggy Trainor
Noah Beery Jr.
Jerry
Guy Bates Post
The Grand Lama
Lon Chaney Jr.
Ivan - Henchman
Jackie Morrow
Billy Meredith
Robert Warwick
Winston
James B. Leong
Henry Kee [Chs. 1-11]
Chester Gan
Kai-Chek
Arthur Loft
Chang-Ho / The Dragon
James Eagles
Johnny Wong - Radio Operator
C. Montague Shaw
Dr. Trainor
Frederik Vogeding
Bauer [Chs. 1-6]
Al Bridge
Paul Wyckoff
Hooper Atchley
Caldoni
Edmund Cobb
Nicolai - Henchman
Sam Ash
Le Page
Stanley Blystone
Sergei - Henchman
George DeNormand
Henchman
Diana Gibson
Stewardess
Lew Hicks
Minor Role
Selmer Jackson
William Meredith Sr.
Eddie Parker
O'Connor - Co-Pilot [Ch. 1] / Mongolian Henchman [Ch. 1] / Car Driver [Ch. 4] / Dimitri - Cave Henchman [Chs. 7-8, 10] / Sedan Bearer [Ch. 10] (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Queen of India Plane Passenger [Ch. 1]
House Peters Jr.
Pete - Second Pilot [Ch. 1] / Clipper Pilot [Ch. 8] (uncredited)
Dewey Skipworth
Sedan Bearer
Tom Steele
Henchman
Kam Tong
Mongolian Worker
Louis Vincenot
Lotan [Chs. 1-3]
Russell Wade
Second Co-Pilot
Dick Wessel
Boris - Henchman

Produced by

Ben Koenig
associate producer
Barney A. Sarecky
associate producer

Cinematography by

Richard Fryer
(photography)

Editing by

Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Edward Todd

Art Direction by

Ralph M. DeLacy
(as Ralph DeLacey)

Stunts

George DeNormand
stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Parker
stunt double: John 'Dusty' King & Noah Beery, Jr. (uncredited)
Tom Steele
stunts (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Saul A. Goodkind
supervising editor

Music Department

Arthur Morton
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Sam Perry
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan
composer: main title theme (uncredited) / composer: stock music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward Ward
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Franz Waxman
composer: stock music (uncredited)
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