Up in the Air (1940)

5.8/10 62 min Comedy Mystery Drama Music

Overview

A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.

Cast

Frankie Darro

Frankie Ryan

Marjorie Reynolds

Anne Mason

Mantan Moreland

Jeff Jefferson

Gordon Jones

Tex Barton

Lorna Gray

Singer Rita Wilson aka Gladys Wharton

Tristram Coffin

Bob Farrell

Dick Elliott

B. J. Hastings, Station Owner

John Holland

Sam Quigley

Carleton Young

Band Leader Dick Stevens

Alex Callam

Van Martin - Announcer

Ralph Peters

Detective Delaney

Jack Mather

Tim Wallace - Comic

Dennis Moore

Gag-Writer Pringle

George Morrell

Rita Wilson Fan (uncredited)

Bob Terry

Sound Engineer (uncredited)

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