Wings over Africa

Wings over Africa (1936)

Adventure Romance and Death in the Jungle!

Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.

Date of release
1936-09-23
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Director
Ladislao Vajda

Casting

Interesting facts

Wings Over Africa is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. It was written by Ákos Tolnay, Marjorie Deans, Reginald Long and Patrick Kirwan.

Production

The film was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. The film score was by composer Jack Beaver.

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