Movie

Q Planes (1939)

• NR
• February 21, 1939
• 1h 22m

• Thriller
• Mystery

“DRAMA OF THE WAR ON SPIES!”

Overview

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.

Directors

Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods

Writers

Arthur Wimperis, Brock Williams, Jack Whittingham, Ian Dalrymple

Starring

Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson