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It's in the Air

It's in the Air

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It's in the Air

"THEY PUT A NEW HIGH IN HILARITY!"

1935

1h 20m

6.3(3 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Calvin Churchill

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

'Clip' McGurk

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Alice Lane Churchill

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Henry Potke

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Grace Gridley

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

W. R. Gridley

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Sidney Kendall

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Alfred Drake

Johnny Arthur

Johnny Arthur

Jones, Photographer

Al Shean

Al Shean

Mr. Johnson

Creative team

Directed by: Charles Reisner
Written by: Byron Morgan
Lew Lipton
Produced by: E.J. Mannix

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