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Air Devils is a american film of genre Action directed by John Rawlins released in USA on 13 may 1938 with Larry J. Blake
Air Devils (1938)
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Add to a movie listAir Devils is a 1938 American comedy and action film directed by John Rawlins, based on an original story, "The Fighting Marines" by Harold Buckley. The film stars Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell and Beryl Wallace.
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Set in the island of Taro Pago in the years before World War II, two former Marine pilots, John P. "Horseshoe" Donovan (Larry J. Blake) and Percy "Slats" Harrington (Dick Purcell), are hired as air "constables" (constabularies) to keep order on the remote Pacific island. Both friends vie for the attentions of Marcia Bradford (Beryl Wallace) and, through a series of misadventures, find that neither will win out.Actors
Larry J. Blake
(John P. 'Horseshoe' Donovan)
Dick Purcell
(Percy 'Slats' Harrington)
Beryl Wallace
(Marcia Bradford)
Mamo Clark
(Lolano)
Minerva Urecal
(Margaret Price)
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