Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited into the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited into the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited into the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Raymond Bailey
- Klune - Henchman Starting Fight
- (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
- Mexican
- (uncredited)
Richard Bond
- Buzzy - San Francisco Radio Operator
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Corrigan mentioned by Gabby is a reference to Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (January 22, 1907 - December 9, 1995), an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He earned the nickname "Wrong Way" in 1938 when after a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He was thereafter known in American culture as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
- Quotes
Gabby Watters: [Last lines] I'll bet they're going to be married.
Tom Saxby: I'm afraid you're right.
Gabby Watters: Well, that finishes him as a secret service man.
Tom Saxby: What, Why?
Gabby Watters: Well, he won't be unable to keep a secret now.
- SoundtracksShuffle Off to Buffalo
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Sung a cappella twice by Eddie Foy Jr. with modified lyrics
about San Francisco
Featured review
G-Men in airplanes
A bold gang is smuggling in aliens via airplane. The Secret Service needs a new agent to infiltrate the gang and find out how they operate. Veteran agent John Litel knows a young pilot who has just been waiting for a chance to join up:
Ronald Reagan is the energetic young flyer who jumps at the chance for some adventure. The G-men cook up a scheme where Reagan is arrested for counterfeiting and put in prison - where he can make some contacts and do some investigating.
The dialog isn't too good but a fairly decent plot moves along quickly. Reagan is fine as the brash undercover hero. James Stephenson is predictably suave and cunning as the head bad guy whom Reagan must outsmart. Eddie Foy Jr. Tries hard but gets few laughs in a comic relief role that's more annoying than funny.
Nothing too exciting but Reagan is undeniably fun to watch.
Ronald Reagan is the energetic young flyer who jumps at the chance for some adventure. The G-men cook up a scheme where Reagan is arrested for counterfeiting and put in prison - where he can make some contacts and do some investigating.
The dialog isn't too good but a fairly decent plot moves along quickly. Reagan is fine as the brash undercover hero. James Stephenson is predictably suave and cunning as the head bad guy whom Reagan must outsmart. Eddie Foy Jr. Tries hard but gets few laughs in a comic relief role that's more annoying than funny.
Nothing too exciting but Reagan is undeniably fun to watch.
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- Also known as
- Contrabandistas del aire
- Filming locations
- Glendale Grand Central Air Terminal - Grandview Avenue, Glendale, California, USA(called "Valley Airport" in the movie-location of Los Angeles Air Taxi Company)
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Secret Service of the Air (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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