Air Hawks

Air Hawks is a 1935 American aviationthemed sciencefiction film based on Ben Pivars Air Fury, an unpublished story. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to Bfilms, was interested in aviation and had already helmed The Flying Marine 1929 and Air Hostess 1933. In Air Hawks, the studio was able to add an Alist star, Ralph Bellamy, as well as exploiting the fame of recordsetting pilot Wiley Post in his only feature film appearance.

Pilot Barry Eldon Ralph Bellamy is the owner of Independent Transcontinental Lines whose airline is in direct competition with Martin Drewen Robert Middlemass, owner of Consolidated Airlines. With Renee Dupont Tala Birell, a singer at a nightclub owned by Victor Arnold Douglas Dumbrille, he believes that his airlines air mail routes will ensure success against his rival.Arnold decides to ally himself with Drewen who has hired German inventor Shutter Edward Van Sloan, the inventor of a death ray projector. With this device, they bring down three of Eldons aircraft. Determined to set a new transcontinental record with Wiley Post flying the racer, Eldon has the help of his girlfriend to eventually expose his rivals and destroy their secret headquarters. A new contract in Washington awaits. ........

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