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Yukon Flight is a american film of genre Action directed by Ralph Staub released in USA on 2 january 1940 with Louise Stanley
Yukon Flight (1940)
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Add to a movie listYukon Flight (aka Renfrew of the Royal Mounted in Yukon Flight) is a 1940 American film directed by Ralph Staub and released by Monogram Pictures, starring James Newill, Louise Stanley, (Dave O'Brien) and William Pawley. The film uses a musical/action formula, similar to the format of the "singing cowboy" films of the era.
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When an aircraft from the Yukon and Columbia Mail Service crashes, Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien), of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, suspect murder because they find the control stick jammed. Louise Howard (Louise Stanley), a mine owner reports that her superintendent is missing. When he is found murdered, it also is made to look like an accident.Actors
Louise Stanley
(Louise Howard)
Warren Hull
(Bill Shipley)
Dave O'Brien
(Constable Kelly)
Karl Hackett
(Raymond - Airline Owner)
Roy Barcroft
(Henchman Lodin)
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