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It's in the Air

56 %|Nov 1, 1938|Comedy

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.

Featured Crew

Gordon Dines
Cinematography
Anthony Kimmins
Director
Anthony Kimmins
Writer
Basil Dean
Producer
Ronald Neame
Cinematography

Cast

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George Formby
George Brown
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Jack Hobbs
Cpl. Craig
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Julien Mitchell
The Sergeant Major
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Garry Marsh
Commanding Officer Hill
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Ilena Sylva
Anne Brown
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Frank Leighton
Bob Bullock
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Hal Gordon
Nobby Clark, mechanic
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Joe Cunningham
Flight Sergeant
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Jack Melford
Lt. Terry, pilot
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Eliot Makeham
Sir Philip's Gardener
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Esma Cannon
Sir Philip's Maid
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O.B. Clarence
Sir Philip's Gardener
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Philip Godfrey
2nd. Ambulance Man
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Bryan Herbert
RAF Corporal Organising Concert
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Philip Ray
Airman with Shoe
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John Salew
RAF Radio Operator
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Jack Vyvyan
Corporal in Ambulance