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Q Planes

Q Planes is a 1939 spy film directed by Tim Whelan, starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson. It was produced by Irving Asher with Alexander Korda as executive producer.

Plot

Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called in to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British planes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in a star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who helps him try to unravel the case. Hammond becomes convinced that the company secretary at the factory, Jenkins (George Curzon) is a foreign agent and follows him to London. Meanwhile, the mystery still remains unsolved when Tony returns to the aircraft factory, determained to make the next test flight. His plane is brought down by a powerful ray, beamed from a mysterious salvage ship. Tony is taken hostage on the ship, where he discovers many other missing pilots have suffered the same fate. Will Hammond come to McVane's rescue and save the day?

Cast

• Laurence Olivier as Tony McVane
• Ralph Richardson as Major Hammond
• Valerie Hobson as Kay Hammond
• George Curzon as Jenkins
• John Laurie as Newspaper Editor

Video

The film was released on video by Carlton Home Entertainment in 1991, and on DVD in April 2007.

External links

• Q Planes at the Internet Movie Database