Devil's Squadron

Devil's Squadron (1936)

THRILLS IN THE CLOUDS...with the test pilots!

In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies, his daughter is left to run the company. The company seems to be producing dangerous prototypes, so the woman decides to close the company.

Date of release
1936-04-30
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
Erle C. Kenton

Casting

Interesting facts

Devil's Squadron is a 1936 American drama film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Richard Dix, Karen Morley and Lloyd Nolan. The following written prologue appears after the opening credits: "This picture is dedicated to the test pilots....those men who knowingly face death every time they leave the ground in an untried airplane. We never hear of these men, yet on their courage depends the future of aviation."

Production

According to a Motion Picture Herald story on Devil's Squadron, writer Dick Grace was a former noted movie stunt pilot. Principal photography on Devil's Squadron took place at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport and Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California. The shooting began on December 17, 1935, and continued until February 2, 1936, with the film's shooting schedule including a three-week hiatus during January 1936.

Devil's Squadron was a B movie aviation thriller that, nonetheless, featured an extensive number of aircraft, including: Northrop 5B Gamma, Ryan ST,

Fokker C-14, Douglas DC-2, Garland-Lincoln LF-1, Brown B2 and Fairchild 71.

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