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Sky Bandits

Sky Bandits

Renfrew Of The Royal Mounted Hunts The Mad Inventor Of A Mystery-Murder Machine!

19405.01h 2m

Overview

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts electrical impulses, and Morgan and his gang of crooks has brought in Prof. Lewis to increase the ray's range, telling him he's helping the government develop this new weapon. Speavy spills the beans to Prof. Lewis and his daughter Madeleine,and Morgan threatens to implicate them in his crimes unless they cooperate. Morgan kills Speavy when he tries to warn Renfrew, but when Madeleine stows away on board the doomed plane Renfrew is piloting, will the crooks be able to make Prof. Lewis use the power ray to bring the plane down?

Directed by Ralph Staub
Written by Edward Halperin, Laurie York Erskine
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Top Cast

James Newill

James Newill

RCMP Sgt. Renfrew

Louise Stanley

Louise Stanley

Madeleine Lewis

Dewey Robinson

Dewey Robinson

Uncle Dinwiddie

William Pawley

William Pawley

Morgan

Joe De Stefani

Joe De Stefani

Professor Burton Lewis

Jim Farley

Jim Farley

Inspector Warner

Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

Constable Kelly

Karl Hackett

Karl Hackett

Hawthorne

Ted Adams

Ted Adams

Henchman Gary

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Speavy

Themes & Keywords

goldyukon, canadamounted police officer

About Sky Bandits

Sky Bandits is a action, comedy, western, adventure film released in 1940 exploring themes of gold, yukon, canada, mounted police officer. Directed by Ralph Staub, it stars James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dewey Robinson. Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts electrical impulses, and Morgan and his gang of crooks has brought in Prof. Lewis to increase the ray's range, telling him he's helping the government develop this new weapon. Speavy spills the beans to Prof. Lewis and his daughter Madeleine,and Morgan threatens to implicate them in his crimes unless they cooperate. Morgan kills Speavy when he tries to warn Renfrew, but when Madeleine stows away on board the doomed plane Renfrew is piloting, will the crooks be able to make Prof. Lewis use the power ray to bring the plane down?

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