Yukon Flight (1940)
1940 · Feature film · 57 min · dir. Ralph Staub
RENFREW AND HIS RED RAIDERS ROAR ACROSS THE SKIES!
- Adventure
- Mystery
- Romance
Synopsis
When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed when Renfrew finds the control stick has been jammed, forcing the plane to fly in one direction until the gas ran out. Mine owner Louise Howard (Louise Stanley) reports that her superintendent is missing. The Mounties find him murdered and that too has been made to look like an accident. A new mail service…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Ralph Staub
- Writer
- Edward Halperin
- Studio
- Criterion Pictures
- Released
- 1940-01-02
- Series
- Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Collection
- Running time
- 57 minutes
Cast & crew
- Ralph Staub Director
James Newill
Louise Stanley
Warren Hull
William Pawley
Dave O'Brien
George Humbert
Karl Hackett
Jack Rube Clifford
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Yukon Flight 1940/David O'brien · DruP.Drawers · 2015-05-02
Another Royal Mounties Air corps movie with David O'Brien from 1940 is "Sky Bandits". basically the same cast and story. Dave O'Brien also appears in a dance routine in "42nd Street". But of greatest importance to me is that he played the part of Ralph in the 1937 classic " Reefer Madness". "May, bring me more reefer!"
★★ · The Straightest Mountie Ever · bobsluckycat · 2012-11-04
Renfrew Of The Royal Mounted series started at Grand National Pictures in 1937 produced by Phil Krasne and starring James Newill as Renfrew. This was a sturdy little set of "Mountie" adventures. Grand National went out of business after 3 films and in late 1939, Monogram picked up the remaining 6 films and released them in 1940. this film adventure was a particularly good entry with Warren Hull as the good bad guy and had a very early role for Roy Barcroft as a villian as well. Renfrw sings and,of course, saves the day with the help of Dave O'Brien. Newill and O'Brien would then begin a…
