Clipped Wings

Story

Synopsis

Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.

Director

Stuart Paton

Writers

Paul Willett

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

2 December 1937

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Lloyd Hughes

  Capt. Jerry Brown / Jim Lofton

• 

  Rosalind Keith

  Molly McGuire

• 

  William Janney

  Mickey Lofton

• 

  George Regas

  Fernando, Moran's Henchman

• Henry Otho

  Sgt. Phalen

• 

  Richard Cramer

  Moran, Jones' Henchman

• 

  Jason Robards Sr.

  Raoul McGuire

• 

  Joseph W. Girard

  Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon

• 

  Glen Boles

  Cecil Dunbar, Mickey's Pal

• 

  Delmar Watson

  Mickey Lofton, as a Boy

• 

  Ed Cassidy

  Leif Baxter, Dispatcher

• 

  Russell Hicks

  Capt. Morton