Fly-Away Baby
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Directed by | Frank McDonald |
Produced by | Bryan Foy |
Written by | Dorothy Kilgallen (story idea) |
Screenplay by |
Kenneth Gamet Don Ryan |
Starring |
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Gordon Oliver |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
Editing by | Doug Gould |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release dates | June 19, 1937 |
Running time | 60 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fly-Away Baby is a 1937 American comedy-adventure film featuring Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane, the second in the series of nine Torchy Blane movies.
Plot summary
After a jeweler named Devereaux is murdered and his diamonds go missing, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), former showgirl, newspaper reporter on the police beat, and girlfriend of Homicide Detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane), helps to investigate.
Sonny Croy becomes a prime suspect. He is the son of a rival newspaper's owner. Sonny has a solid alibi from the victim's partner, Guy Allister, that they were having lunch at the time of the murder.
As the investigation widens, Blane is assigned to join an air race aboard a dirigible and a flying boat. Sonny learns what she's up to and appears to be the killer, but is found dead himself. Allister is the actual villain, but when he tries to parachute out of the aircraft, he falls to his death.
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Lt. McBride
- Gordon Oliver as 'Sonny' Croy
- Hugh O'Connell as Hughie Sprague
- Marcia Ralston as Ila Sayre
- Tom Kennedy as Sgt. Gahagan
- Joe King as Mr. Guy Allister
- Raymond Hatton as Maxie Monkhouse
- Gordon Hart as Mr. Sills
- Anderson Lawler as Alexander L. Torey
- Harry Davenport as Col. Higgam
- Emmett Vogan as Clifford Vance
- George Guhl as Desk Sergeant
- unbilled players include Lane Chandler and Carole Landis
References
External links
- Fly-Away Baby at the Internet Movie Database
- Fly-Away Baby at allmovie
- Fly-Away Baby at the TCM Movie Database