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Emergency Landing

Emergency Landing

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Emergency Landing

"Daredevil Test Pilot vs. Society's Dizzest Deb!"

1941

1h 4m

6.3(7 votes)

Action

Drama

Romance

War

Overview

A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

Jerry Barton

Carol Hughes

Carol Hughes

Betty Lambert

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Maude Lambert

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

'Doc' Williams

William Halligan

William Halligan

George B. Lambert

George Sherwood

Jones

Thornton Edwards

Pedro

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Karl

Stanley Price

Stanley Price

Otto

Billy Curtis

Billy Curtis

Judge

Creative team

Directed by: William Beaudine
Written by: Martin Mooney
Produced by: Jed Buell

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