It's in the Air

It's in the Air (1938)

Comedy

George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.

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  • Release Date: 1938-11-01
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Director: Anthony Kimmins

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Cast

  • George Formby

    George Brown

  • Polly Ward

    Peggy

  • Jack Hobbs

    Cpl. Craig

  • Julien Mitchell

    The Sergeant Major

  • Garry Marsh

    Commanding Officer Hill

  • Ilena Sylva

    Anne Brown

  • Frank Leighton

    Bob Bullock

  • C. Denier Warren

    Sir Philip

  • Michael Shepley

    Adjutant

  • Hal Gordon

    Nobby Clark, mechanic

  • Joe Cunningham

    Flight Sergeant

  • Jack Melford

    Lt. Terry, pilot

  • Eliot Makeham

    Sir Philip's Gardener

  • Esma Cannon

    Sir Philip's Maid

  • O.B. Clarence

    Sir Philip's Gardener

  • Philip Godfrey

    2nd. Ambulance Man

  • Bryan Herbert

    RAF Corporal Organising Concert

  • Philip Ray

    Airman with Shoe

  • John Salew

    RAF Radio Operator

  • Jack Vyvyan

    Corporal in Ambulance