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Central Airport is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Wellman released in USA on 15 april 1933 with Richard Barthelmess
Central Airport (1933)
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Add to a movie listCentral Airport is a 1933 American Pre-Code film starring Richard Barthelmess and Sally Eilers, directed by William A. Wellman (with Alfred E. Green, uncredited), produced and released by Warner Bros. John Wayne had an unbilled part, as a co-pilot, and this film features his first on-screen death.
Actors
Richard Barthelmess
(James 'Jim' Blaine)
Sally Eilers
(Jill Collins)
Tom Brown
(Neil 'Bud' Blaine)
Grant Mitchell
(Mr. Blaine)
Claire McDowell
(Mrs. Blaine)
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