Comedy · United States of America · 1935 · 1h 20m

It's in the Air

Director

Cast

Jack Benny as Calvin Churchill Ted Healy as 'Clip' McGurk Una Merkel as Alice Lane Churchill Nat Pendleton as Henry Potke Mary Carlisle as Grace Gridley Grant Mitchell as W. R. Gridley

Crew

Charles Schoenbaum — Director of Photography William S. Gray — Editor William Axt — Original Music Composer Byron Morgan — Screenplay Lew Lipton — Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz — Writer

Tagline

THEY PUT A NEW HIGH IN HILARITY!

Synopsis

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Mood & Themes

hotel airplane

Key Collaborators

Charles Reisner Director Charles Schoenbaum Director of Photography William S. Gray Editor William Axt Original Music Composer Byron Morgan Screenplay Lew Lipton Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer Byron Morgan Story Lew Lipton Story E.J. Mannix Producer Dolly Tree Costume Design

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