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High Flyers is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Edward F. Cline released in USA on 7 november 1937 with Bert Wheeler

High Flyers (1937)

High Flyers
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Released in USA 7 november 1937
Length 1h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating57% 2.8606852.8606852.8606852.8606852.860685

High Flyers (1937) is a musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. It would be the last film the duo made, as Robert Woolsey died a year later.

Synopsis

Jeremiah "Jerry" Lane and Pierre Potkin are a couple of carnival workers running an airplane ride. The duo leave their job when they are hired by smuggler Dave Hanlon to fly a real plane in order to retrieve a lifesaver. They believe that the lifesaver only consists of harmless photos, but soon find inside the lifesaver stolen jewels and cocaine. Jerry and Pierre eventually land in the backyard of the Arlingtons' estate. Initially, the Arlingtons believe that the duo are police officers, and readily allow them to stay in their home. As it turns out, the Arlingtons are good friends with Hanlon. When Hanlon is informed that Jerry and Pierre are at the Arlingtons', he convinces the family that the two men are actually lunatics from an asylum. Hanlon and some of his cronies (posing as doctors) show up at the mansion in order to bump off Jerry and Pierre, and get the smuggled jewels. However, the jewels have been hidden by the Arlingtons' kleptomaniac dog. A frantic and confusing search around the manor soon occurs, with dozens of cops added into the mix.

Actors

Bert Wheeler

(Jerry Lane)Robert Woolsey

(Pierre Potkin)Lupe Vélez

(Juanita - the Maid)Marjorie Lord

(Arlene Arlington)Margaret Dumont

(Martha Arlington)
And :
Jack Carson
Paul Harvey
Charles Judels
Lucien Prival
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