''The Great Plane Robbery'' is a 1950 American

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

directed by

Edward L. Cahn Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director and editor. Early life and education Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA. ...

and written by Sam Baerwitz and Richard G. Hubler. The film stars

Tom Conway Tom Conway (born Thomas Charles Sanders; 15 September 1904 – 22 April 1967) was a British film, television, and radio actor. He is remembered for playing suave adventurer The Falcon in a series of 1940s films; and his appearances in three h ...

, Margaret Hamilton, Steve Brodie, Lynne Roberts, David Bruce and

Marcel Journet Marcel Journet (25 July 1868 – 7 September 1933), was a French operatic bass. He enjoyed a prominent career in England, France and Italy, and appeared at the foremost American opera houses in New York City and Chicago. Biography Journet wa ...

. The film was released on March 10, 1950, by

United Artists United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford an ...

Plot

Cast

as Ned Johnson * Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Judd * Steve Brodie as Murray * Lynne Roberts as Mary * David Bruce as Carter *

as Sebastian *Gil Frye as Bill Arthur *

Ralph Dunn Ralph Dunn (May 23, 1900 – February 19, 1968) was an American film, television, and stage actor. Early years Dunn was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 1900. His father was a veterinarian for the U.S. Army during World War I, a ...

as Police Inspector Bruce *

Lucille Barkley Lucille Barkley (born Lucille Oshinski, November 3, 1924 – March 19, 1979) was an American film actress. Early years The daughter of Florian and Verna Oshinski, Barkley was born in Pennsylvania but considered Rochester, New York, her h ...

as Miss Bennett * Paul Campbell as George Harris *Beverly Jons as Jane *

Zon Murray Emery Zon Murray (April 13, 1910 – February 2, 1979) was an American actor. Death Zon Murray died in 1979. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Filmography * '' The El Paso Kid'' * '' Ghost of Hidden Valley ...

*Frank Jaquet *Grace Field * Bruce Edwards

References

External links

* 1950 films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films United Artists films 1950 crime films American crime films Films directed by Edward L. Cahn 1950s American films English-language crime films {{1950s-US-film-stub