Cast & Crew

Directed by

Lew Landers
(as Louis Friedlander)

Writing Credits

Hal Forrest
(adapted from the newspaper strip)
Norman S. Hall
(screenplay) &
Vin Moore
(screenplay) &
Basil Dickey
(screenplay) &
Ella O'Neill
(screenplay)
Robert Hershon
(screenplay) (uncredited)
George H. Plympton
(screenplay) (uncredited)

Cast

Maurice Murphy
Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Noah Beery Jr.
Skeeter Milligan
Patricia Farr
Betty Lou Barnes
Walter Miller
Bruce Hoyt
Grant Withers
Milt Howe
Charles A. Browne
Paul Smith
Bryant Washburn
Mr. Grant - Film Director of 'Midnight Patrol', Chs. 10-12
Belle Daube
Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Tommy's Mother - Chs. 1, 12
John Davidson
Wade 'Tiger' Taggart
Harrison Greene
Air Circus Announcer [Ch. 2]
William Desmond
Sloane - Taggart's Office Henchman, Chs. 4, 7, 10-11
Lew Kelly
Victor Martin - Three Point Airport Dispatcher
John Ince
Eric Peabody [Chs. 3-5]
Lee Beggs
Deacon Grimes [Chs. 1,12]
Ethan Laidlaw
Bart Dirk, Henchman
Dennis Moore
Pilot Herb Slack
Edmund Cobb
Pilot 'Speed' Walton
Jack Leonard
Al, Skinny Mechanic
Monte Montague
Cliff, Hefty Mechanic
Rita Rozelle
Mary Dale - Actress in 'Midnight Patrol', Ch. 10
Beulah Hutton
Sloane's Ambassador Club Date
Gertrude Astor
Fake Office Nurse / Taggart's Date - Chs. 7, 9
Jimmie Grier
Jimmy Grier- Orchestra Leader, from Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
Dennis O'Keefe
Dance Extra, from Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
King Baggot
Airplane Inspector [Ch. 1]
Walter Brennan
Hospital Orderly Slugged by Skeeter [Ch. 8]
Lynton Brent
Jack Bradley
Don Brodie
Man at Airport with Automobile [Ch. 9]
Horace B. Carpenter
Postmaster Jed Purdy [Chs. 1, 12]
Jim Corey
Curly's Driver Henchman (Chs. 7-8)
Richard Cramer
Kelly
Anne Darling
Nurse [Ch. 8]
Edgar Dearing
2nd Whistle-blowing Policeman
George DeNormand
George - Denver Official, Ch. 6
Walter Fabian
Bevan
Al Ferguson
Henchman Spider - Chs. 3-7, 9
Richard Fryer
Fryer - Midnight Patrol Movie Cameraman, Chs. 10-12
Chester Gan
Flapjack - the Cook, Ch. 1
William Gould
Sheriff of Starbuck [Ch. 11]
Pat Harmon
El Paso Official - Ch. 6
Otto Hoffman
Dr. Krantz, Chemist [Ch. 4-5]
Allen Holbrook
Possee Sheriff (Chs. 4-5)
Lois January
Mrs. Grant
Tiny Jones
Wardrobe Woman, Venture Pictures
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Hefty Extra in Cafe [Ch. 5]
George Magrill
Henchman Bailey [Chs. 4, 6-7]
Jack Mower
Police Captain Jones [Ch. 12]
Charles Murphy
Henchman-Mechanic Grease Rowley / Train Flagman (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Pug Nelson. Henchman-Mechanic
Rose Plumer
Mother's Train Companion [Chs. 11-12]
Dick Rush
Policeman at Earthquake (Ch. 10)
Nick Thompson
Henchman Curly (Chs. 7-8)
Slim Whitaker
Henchman Charlie - Chs. 6-7
Jane Withers
Mary Elizabeth
William Worthington
Denver Doctor [Ch. 6]

Produced by

Milton Gatzert
producer
Henry MacRae
associate producer

Cinematography by

Richard Fryer
William A. Sickner
(as William Sickner)

Editing by

Albert Akst
(as Al Akst)
Irving Applebaum
Saul A. Goodkind
(as Saul Goodkind)
Edward Todd

Art Direction by

Ralph Berger

Stunts

George DeNormand
stunts (uncredited)

Music Department

Irving Bibo
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Peter Brunelli
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Howard Jackson
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Arthur Kay
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Alfred Newman
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Sam Perry
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld
composer: stock music (uncredited)
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