Wings over Africa (1936)
1h 3m
Running Time
September 23, 1936Release Date
Wings over Africa (1936)
1h 3m
Running Time
September 23, 1936Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Joan Gardner
Carol Reade
Ian Colin
Tony Cooper
James Harcourt
Wilkins
James Craven
John Trevor
James Carew
Norton
Alan Napier
Redfern
Ladislao Vajda
Director
Phil Thomas
Quincey
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 3m
Genres
Wiki.
Wings Over Africa is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew.The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. The film score was created by composer Jack Beaver.